causative
IPA: kˈɑzʌtɪv
noun
- (linguistics) An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).
adjective
- Acting as a cause.
- Involving, or affected by, causality.
- (linguistics) Expressing a cause or causation.
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Examples of "causative" in Sentences
- The TB bacterium was first identified as the causative agent of tuberculosis in 1882.
- Prions, which are a special class of proteins, are best known as causative factors for mad cow and other neurodegenerative diseases.
- This is perhaps the best answer to give to the question, so much discussed by the old logicians, as to what kind of causative influence the premises exert on the conclusion.
- But atmospheric pollution has not normally been identified as a causative factor in diabetes and obesity, two of the nation's major health scourges -- that is until recently.
- However, a statistical genetic association may be observed when the implicated SNP is in strong linkage disequilibrium with another ungenotyped, but "causative," SNP, often one that is in close proximity to the implicated SNP.
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