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causative

DEFINITIONS OF: causative

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adj producing an effect

“poverty as a causative factor in crime”
Synonyms
abortifacient
causing abortion
activating, actuating
causing motion or action or change
anorectic, anorexigenic
causing loss of appetite
causal
involving or constituting a cause; causing
conducive, contributing, contributive, contributory, tributary
tending to bring about; being partly responsible for
errhine
causing nasal discharge
fast
(of a photographic lens or emulsion) causing a shortening of exposure time
inducive, inductive
inducing or influencing; leading on
motivating, motivative, motive
impelling to action
motive, motor
causing or able to cause motion
precipitating
bringing on suddenly or abruptly
responsible, responsible for
being the agent or cause
sternutative, sternutatory
causing sneezing
Antonyms:
noncausal, noncausative
not causative
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