The tendency to have such causes and effects can be called emotive meaning, if one likes.

In Dutch, the tendency for lakes to grow over time is called the waterwolf.

The tendency or strength of binding is called affinity.

The tendency of an object to remain still, or keep moving in a straight line at a steady speed is called inertia.

The human tendency to see patterns that do not actually exist is called apophenia.

The familial tendency to develop these cancers is called hereditary breast-ovarian cancer syndrome.

This tendency of some crewmembers to become more egocentric was called autonomization.

The tendency to start to rotate is called torque.

The tendency to move or grow towards light is called phototropism.

Another scribal tendency is called homoioteleuton, meaning "same endings".