consequentiality
- noun
- /ˌkɒnsɪˈkwɛnʃiˌælɪti/
- Formal
- In philosophy, consequentiality often refers to how one action logically leads to another.
Examples
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A further manipulation of consequentiality concerns the reversibility of a decision or behavior.
Academic text (1991) -
Pietro Bembo essentially rejected poem 105; although he recognized its formal superiority to another frottola attributed to Petrarch, he denied that it had any sense or logical consequentiality.
Academic text (2003) -
Either that, or showing how the whole process lacks all meaning, all consequentiality, all signification.
Academic text (2007) -
OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS OF CONSEQUENTIALITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Academic text (1991) -
The scientist studied the consequentiality of climate change on global ecosystems.
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Understanding the consequentiality of our choices can help us make better decisions.
Synonyms
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A result that follows from an earlier action or event
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A result that follows from something said or done
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A connection between multiple statements that shows if one follows another, is the same, or is the opposite
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A logical relation where if one statement is true, another must be true
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A rule that shows a statement must be true if another statement is true
A link between two statements that says if one is true then the other must be true
Surface Forms
Morphology
consequentiality = consequential (semi-transparent) = consequence + al + ity
The formation from 'consequential' to 'consequentiality' is a standard nominalization with '-ity'.
Etymology
Consequentiality comes from consequence, a word built on the idea of 'following'—something that comes after another. So in logic consequentiality means the quality of being a consequence or the way one thing follows from another.