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    CAUSAL AGENCY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or resultsplay

    Synonyms:

    causal agency; causal agent; cause

    Classified under:

    Nouns with no superordinates

    Hypernyms ("causal agency" is a kind of...):

    physical entity (an entity that has physical existence)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "causal agency"):

    individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

    agent (an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect)

    nature (a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe)

    occult; supernatural (supernatural forces and events and beings collectively)

    theurgy (the effect of supernatural or divine intervention in human affairs)

    first cause; prime mover; primum mobile (an agent that is the cause of all things but does not itself have a cause)

    destiny; fate (the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman))

    catalyst (something that causes an important event to happen)

    deus ex machina (any active agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an insoluble difficulty)

    manipulator; operator (an agent that operates some apparatus or machine)

    force; power (one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority)

    life principle; vital principle (a hypothetical force to which the functions and qualities peculiar to living things are sometimes ascribed)

    engine (something used to achieve a purpose)

    cause of death; killer (the causal agent resulting in death)

    danger (a cause of pain or injury or loss)

    agent (a substance that exerts some force or effect)

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