causative

Speech parts

1. causative - Noun

2. causative - Adjective

Meaning

Effective, as a cause or agent; causing.

Expressing a cause or reason; causal; as, the ablative is a causative case.

A word which expresses or suggests a cause.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

original cause active responsible driving creative productive innovative decisive motive seminal pivotal inductive accountable imaginative
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Antonyms

noncausative secondary deductive stolen derivate substract
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Phrases with the word

causative agent causative link causative agent of disease causative factor causative variable

Examples

poverty as a causative factor in crime Source: Internet

A causative agent may not be isolated in approximately half of cases despite careful testing. Source: Internet

Animal experiments showed that corneas of infected animals could transmit CJD, and the causative agent spreads along visual pathways. Source: Internet

And, as we now know, that is what did happen over large areas of North America from the Eocene to the Pleistocene : the ultimate causative agent was global temperature reduction (see Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum ). Source: Internet

But first correlations must be confirmed as real, and then every possible causative relationship must be systematically explored. Source: Internet

Discovered by Leonard Noon and John Freeman in 1911, allergy immunotherapy represents the only causative treatment for respiratory allergies. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

causational causationism causationist causative agent causative agent of disease causative factor