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159 entries under cause topic. ×
| parentage(noun, source, origin, descent) | |
| pretext(noun, reason, base, call) | |
| producer(noun, influence, reason, base) | |
| proof(noun, support, action, reason) | |
| provenance(source, foundation, basis, derivation) | |
| provenience(noun, source, foundation, basis) | |
| purpose(noun, reason, object, element) | |
| rationale(noun, reason, object, base) | |
| seed(source, derivation, background, ancestry) | |
| spring(noun, reason, object, base) | |
| starting point(noun, expression, base, suggestion) | |
| stock(source, origin, derivation, descent) | |
| substratum(noun, support, action, reason) | |
| underpinning(noun, support, action, reason) | |
| warrant(noun, support, action, reason) | |
| wellspring(noun, influence, base, beginning) | |
| wherefore(noun, reason, base, call) | |
| why(noun, reason, base, call) | |
| whyfor(noun, reason, base, call) | |
| alpha(source, derivation) |
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