causal agent

Noun
  1. Any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results (synset 100007347)
    is a type of: physical entity - an entity that has physical existence
    subtypes:
    • individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being
    • agent - an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
    • nature - a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe
    • occult, supernatural - supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
    • theurgy - the effect of supernatural or divine intervention in human affairs
    • first cause, prime mover, primum mobile - an agent that is the cause of all things but does not itself have a cause
    • destiny, fate - the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)
    • catalyst - something that causes an important event to happen
    • deus ex machina - any active agent who appears unexpectedly to solve an insoluble difficulty
    • manipulator, operator - an agent that operates some apparatus or machine
    • force, power - one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
    • life principle, vital principle - a hypothetical force to which the functions and qualities peculiar to living things are sometimes ascribed
    • engine - something used to achieve a purpose
    • cause of death, killer - the causal agent resulting in death
    • danger - a cause of pain or injury or loss
    • agent - a substance that exerts some force or effect
    same as: causal agency, cause

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