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con-sensual en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From con- + sensual.

Meanings

  1. Occurring simultaneously, or almost so, with sensory perception.
    • Emotional sensibility, he thinks, induces its own reactions upon the muscular system, independently of the movements denominated con-sensual. 1854, “Review”, in Journal of psychological medicine, volume 7, Three Lectures on the Correlation of Psychology and Physiology, by Daniel Noble, M.D., page 515:
  2. Jointly sensing.
    • We must recognize others as con-sensual observers of A, granting their different perceptions equal validity for them. 2010, Klaus Krippendorff, Fernando Bermejo, On Communicating: Otherness, Meaning, and Information, →ISBN, page 195:

con-sensual en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

See consensual.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of consensual.
    alt of consensual
    • Explain real and con-sensual contracts. 1896, University of Manitoba, Calendar:
    • In answer to the question of what are the context-specific arrangements by which a plurality of interacting networks of participants with a range of conflicting identities and representations, might be able to negotiate some form of con-sensual agreement on a local planning issue, I propose the need for a transparently just process of negotiation. 1998, Andrew Light, Jonathan M. Smith, Philosophy and Geography Two, →ISBN, page 226:
    • Fourthly, conjugal bonds are weak and unstable in the Caribbean as a result of con-sensual unions, which are traditionally very prevalent in this region. 2003, Anke van Vuuren, Women Striving for Self-reliance: