ことで

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1. I would say it’s the copula, but more context would help. This is such a common turn of phrase it’s hard to say more without knowing what’s referring to.

2. こんなことで怒るのは、ばかばかしい。

   なぜ女はこんなことで怒るのか。

   Something like this makes more sense in a sentence. Two examples. Hopefully they make it more clear.

   ことで = A compound particle which indicates a means or a **cause**. By V-ing; because; result in; cause (DoJG)

3. One way to see this is that で delimits an area (logic or concrete) where something occurs. So こと is delimited (“In the area of こと” : So, こんなことで => In the area of a such thing). So the particle meaning of で seems to fit roughly the idea of your translation.

   If you think で is だ in this case, こんなことだ would simply mean something in the line of “it’s like that”, it wouldn’t be remotely close from “because of”.