consensual

See also: con-sensual

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From consensus + -ual.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kənˈsɛnʃuəl/

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.
  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

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Derived terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sent- (feel)‎ (0 c, 18 e)

Translations

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

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

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