consensual

See also: con-sensual

English

Alternative forms

• con-sensual

Etymology

From consensus +‎ -ual.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈsɛnʃuəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

consensual (comparative more consensual, superlative most consensual)

1. With permission, with consensus, without coercion; allowed without objecting or resisting.
   • 1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 5:

     He'd operated on an almost permanent adrenaline high, a byproduct of youth and proficiency, jacked into a custom cyberspace deck that projected his disembodied consciousness into the consensual hallucination that was the matrix.

   consensual sex

2. (law) Existing, or made, by the mutual consent of two or more parties.

   a consensual contract

3. (biology) Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or reflex action, and not by conscious volition.

   consensual motions

   1. Contralaterally corresponding rather than ipsilaterally induced.

      direct and consensual pupillary reflexes produce bilateral constriction from a unilateral stimulus

Antonyms

• non-consensual

Derived terms

• consensual crime
• consensualism
• consensualist
• consensuality
• consensualize
• consensually
• consensualness
• consensual non-consent
• consensual reflex
• consentual
• nonconsensuality
• semiconsensual
• unconsensual

 

Related terms

Category English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sent- (feel) not found

Translations

With consensus

• Arabic: توافقي
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• Catalan: concensual
• Chinese:

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• Czech: konsenzuální (cs)
• Dutch: consensueel (nl), afgesproken (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: yhteisymmärrykseen perustuva
• French: consensuel (fr)
• German: einvernehmlich (de)
• Greek: συναινετικός (el) f (synainetikós)
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• Irish: comhthoiliúil
• Italian: consensuale (it)
• Romanian: consensual (ro)
• Russian: согласо́ванный (ru) (soglasóvannyj), консенсуа́льный (ru) (konsensuálʹnyj), консе́нсусный (ru) (konsénsusnyj) (literary)
• Spanish: consensual
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Welsh: cydsyniol

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French consensuel. By surface analysis, consens +‎ -ual.

Adjective

consensual m or n (feminine singular consensuală, masculine plural consensuali, feminine and neuter plural consensuale)

1. consensual

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	consensual		consensuală		consensuali	consensuale
	definite	consensualul		consensuala		consensualii	consensualele
genitive- dative	indefinite	consensual		consensuale		consensuali	consensuale
	definite	consensualului		consensualei		consensualilor	consensualelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konsenˈswal/ [kõn.sẽnˈswal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: con‧sen‧sual

Adjective

consensual m or f (masculine and feminine plural consensuales)

1. consensual

Derived terms

• consensualmente

 

Further reading

• “consensual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10