consensus

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin cōnsēnsus (“agreement, accordance, unanimity”), from cōnsentiō (“feel together; agree”); see consent.

NounEdit

consensus (plural consensuses)

1. A process of decision-making that seeks widespread agreement among group members.
2. General agreement among the members of a given group or community, each of which exercises some discretion in decision-making and follow-up action.
3. Average projected value, as in the finance term consensus forecast.

Related termsEdit

• consensual
• consent

TranslationsEdit

general agreement

• Arabic: إِجْمَاع‏‎ m (ʾijmāʿ), تَوَافُق‏‎ m (tawāfuq)
• Bulgarian: съгла́сие (bg) n (sǎglásie), единоду́шие (bg) n (edinodúšie), консе́нсус m (konsénsus)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 共識 (zh), 共识 (zh) (gòngshí)

• Czech: shoda (cs) f, souhlas (cs) m
• Danish: konsensus (da)
• Dutch: consensus (nl) m, eensgezindheid (nl), overeenstemming (nl)
• Esperanto: interkonsento
• Finnish: yksimielisyys (fi), konsensus (fi)
• French: consensus (fr) m
• German: Konsens (de) m, Einvernehmen (de) n
• Greek: ομοφωνία (el) f (omofonía), κοινή συναίνεση f (koiní synaínesi)
• Hindi: संप्रतिपत्ति (hi) f (sampratipatti)
• Hungarian: egyezség (hu)
• Indonesian: konsensus (id)

• Italian: consenso (it) m
• Japanese: 総意 (ja) (そうい, sōi), 協心 (きょうしん, kyōshin), コンセンサス (konsensasu)
• Korean: 합의 (ko) (hapui) (合意 (ko))
• Persian: اجماع‏‎ (fa) m (ejmâ')
• Polish: konsensus (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: consenso (pt) m
• Russian: консе́нсус (ru) m (konsɛ́nsus), согла́сие (ru) n (soglásije), единоду́шие (ru) n (jedinodúšije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: консѐнзус m, спо̏разӯм m

  Roman: konsènzus (sh) m, spȍrazūm (sh) m

• Slovene: dogovor
• Spanish: consenso (es) m
• Swedish: konsensus (sv)
• Turkish: oybirliği (tr)
• Vietnamese: đồng lòng

Further readingEdit

• consensus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• consensus in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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PronunciationEdit

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• Hyphenation: con‧sen‧sus

NounEdit

consensus m (uncountable)

1. consensus

SynonymsEdit

• overeenstemming

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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.sɛ̃.sys/

NounEdit

consensus m (plural consensus)

1. consensus

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From cōnsentiō (“feel together; agree”), from con- (“together”) and sentiō (“sense; perceive; feel”).

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈsen.sus/, [kõːˈsẽː.sʊs]

NounEdit

cōnsēnsus m (genitive cōnsēnsūs); fourth declension

1. Consensus, agreement, accordance, unanimity, concord.
2. A plot, conspiracy.

InflectionEdit

Fourth declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	cōnsēnsus	cōnsēnsūs
genitive	cōnsēnsūs	cōnsēnsuum
dative	cōnsēnsuī	cōnsēnsibus
accusative	cōnsēnsum	cōnsēnsūs
ablative	cōnsēnsū	cōnsēnsibus
vocative	cōnsēnsus	cōnsēnsūs

SynonymsEdit

• (concord, agreement): concentus, concordātiō, concordia, concorditās, harmonia, ūnanimitās
• (plot, conspiracy): coitiō, coniūrātiō, cōnsēnsiō, cōnspīrātiō

Related termsEdit

• cōnsēnsiō
• cōnsentāneē
• cōnsentāneus

• cōnsentiēns
• cōnsentiō

DescendantsEdit

• English: consensus
• French: consensus
• Italian: consenso

• Portuguese: consenso
• Romanian: consens
• Spanish: consenso

AdjectiveEdit

cōnsēnsus (feminine cōnsēnsa, neuter cōnsēnsum); first/second declension

1. (rare) agreed upon

InflectionEdit

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	cōnsēnsus	cōnsēnsa	cōnsēnsum		cōnsēnsī	cōnsēnsae	cōnsēnsa
genitive	cōnsēnsī	cōnsēnsae	cōnsēnsī		cōnsēnsōrum	cōnsēnsārum	cōnsēnsōrum
dative	cōnsēnsō		cōnsēnsō		cōnsēnsīs
accusative	cōnsēnsum	cōnsēnsam	cōnsēnsum		cōnsēnsōs	cōnsēnsās	cōnsēnsa
ablative	cōnsēnsō	cōnsēnsā	cōnsēnsō		cōnsēnsīs
vocative	cōnsēnse	cōnsēnsa	cōnsēnsum		cōnsēnsī	cōnsēnsae	cōnsēnsa

ReferencesEdit

• consensus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• consensus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “consensus”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “consensus” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the perfect harmony of the universe: totius mundi convenientia et consensus
    
  • unanimously: uno, communi, summo or omnium consensu (Tusc. 1. 15. 35)
    
• consensus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• consensus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin