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becauseness

noun

Etymology

From because + -ness.

  1. derived from par cause
  2. inherited from bi cause
  3. suffixed as becauseness — “because + ness”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being a causal result.

    • The child's concept of 'becauseness', i.e. causality, will undergo a series of changes, but not the verbal symbol which refers to it. Later on, the causal relation will enter as a relatum into the higher matrix of 'logical categories' […]
    • Real observers, Kant concluded, must live in a world of whatness, whereness, whenness, and becauseness, imposed by the way that a mind such as ours can grasp reality.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA