consensual

See also: con-sensual

English

Alternative forms

• con-sensual

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

Antonyms

• non-consensual

Derived terms

• consensual crime
• consensuality
• consensual non-consent
• consensual reflex
• consentual
• semiconsensual

 

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)
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• 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

Declension of consensual

		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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014