Causal Agent
Of physical entity. May also be referred to as causal agency and cause.
Any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results.
This concept's ID is @1~116
Occult
- occult
Supernatural forces and events and beings collectively; "She doesn't believe in the supe...
- theurgy
The effect of supernatural or divine intervention in human affairs.
- destiny
The ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as...
Also contains
- person
A human being; "there was too much for one person to do".
- agent
A substance that exerts some force or effect.
- agent
An active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect; "their research uncovered...
- operator
An agent that operates some apparatus or machine; "the operator of the switchboard".
- danger
A cause of pain or injury or loss; "he feared the dangers of traveling by air".
- force
One possessing or exercising power or influence or authority; "the mysterious presence of...
- vital principle
A hypothetical force to which the functions and qualities peculiar to living things...
- catalyst
Something that causes an important event to happen; "the invasion acted as a catalyst to...
- engine
Something used to achieve a purpose; "an engine of change".
- nature
A causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe; "the laws of nature"; "nature...
- deus ex machina
Any active agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an insoluble difficulty.
- first cause
An agent that is the cause of all things but does not itself have a cause; "God is the...
- killer
The causal agent resulting in death; "heart disease is the biggest killer in the United ...