consensual en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /kənˈsɛnʃuəl/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From consensus + -ual.
Meanings
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With permission, with consensus, without coercion; allowed without objecting or resisting.
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.
1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 5:consensual sex
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Existing, or made, by the mutual consent of two or more parties.
a consensual contract
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Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or reflex action, and not by conscious volition.
consensual motions
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Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or reflex action, and not by conscious volition. ▸ Contralaterally corresponding rather than ipsilaterally induced.
direct and consensual pupillary reflexes produce bilateral constriction from a unilateral stimulus
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| con-sensual | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more consensual | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| consentual | alternative | lexicographic | |
| most consensual | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
semiconsensual · consensuality · unconsensual · consensual non-consent · consensual crime · consensualize · nonconsensuality · consensualism · consensualness · consensually · consensualist · consensual reflex · consentual
Translations (20)
de einvernehmlich (With consensus) · ar توافقي (With consensus) · ca concensual (With consensus) · cy cydsyniol (With consensus) · nl consensueel (With consensus) · ru консенсуа́льный (With consensus) · es consensual (With consensus) · fr consensuel (With consensus) · ro consensual (With consensus) · fi yhteisymmärrykseen perustuva (With consensus) · pl konsensualny (With consensus) · ga comhthoiliúil (With consensus) · pt consensual (With consensus) · ru консе́нсусный (With consensus) · el συναινετικός (With consensus) · ru согласо́ванный (With consensus) · nl afgesproken (With consensus) · it consensuale (With consensus) · fi suostumuksellinen (With consensus) · cs konsenzuální (With consensus)