1. causative - Noun
2. causative - Adjective
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 dictionarypoverty 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