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ドウリョクイン
Meanings
Noun
Philosophy
1. efficient cause (one of Aristotle's four fundamental types of answer to the question "why?")
Alt. forms
動
どう
力
りょく
因
いん
ドウリョクイン
Pitch accent
ド
ウリョク
イン
Composed of
ドウリョク
power; motive power; three-phase electricity
イン
cause; factor; hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions); the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya)