Cause and Goal

Cause

Cause noun - Someone or something responsible for a result.

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Goal and cause are semantically related. in belief topic. In some cases you can use "Goal" instead a noun "Cause", when it comes to topics like aim.

Nearby Words: caused, causation, causeless, causative, causal

Goal noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.

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Cause and goal are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cause" instead a noun "Goal".

Nearby Words: goalless, goalie

good	good cause	good goal
clear	clear cause	clear goal
exact	exact cause	exact goal
common	common cause	common goal
Other adjectives: specific, original, noble, initial, true, single, actual, entire, real, main, worthy, ultimate, new, major, sole, possible, apparent, greater, primary, eventual.

But because he's a rebel without a cause or goal, he just sinks even deeper into drugs and becomes lonely and depressed, eventually leading to him returning to his old life.

Source: Genre Deconstruction / Other
Demons explicitly say that some "good" qualities—like courage, devotion to a goal or cause, et cetera—are actually necessary for great evil.

Source: Bad Is Good and Good Is Bad
A non-critical minor character whose sole purpose is to make things harder for the Hero(es) to achieve their goal and cause complications along the way.

Source: Self-Propelled Barrier of Stupidity

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