至し近きん要よう因いん

noun

proximate cause

Technical term in philosophy and biology, contrasted with 究極要因 (ultimate cause). Refers to the immediate mechanism or trigger of an event, as opposed to the deeper evolutionary or fundamental reason.

See also: 究極要因

• 至し近きん要よう因いんと究きゅう極きょく要よう因いんの区く別べつは生せい物ぶつ学がくで重じゅう要ようだ。

  The distinction between proximate cause and ultimate cause is important in biology.

• この行こう動どうの至し近きん要よう因いんは空くう腹ふくだが、究きゅう極きょく要よう因いんは生せい存ぞん本ほん能のうだ。

  The proximate cause of this behavior is hunger, but the ultimate cause is the survival instinct.