consensus
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin cōnsēnsus (“‘agreement, accordance, unanimity’”) < cōnsentiō (“‘feel together; agree’”); see consent.
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consensus (plural consensuses)
- General agreement among the members of a given group or community, each of which exercises some discretion in decision-making and follow-up action.
- Average projected value, as in the finance term consensus forecast.
- A standard of decision-making where agreement is defined as the lack of active opposition to the proposed course of action.
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general agreement
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[edit] External links
- 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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consensus m.
[edit] Latin
[edit] Etymology
From cōnsentiō (“‘feel together; agree’”).
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cōnsēnsus (genitive cōnsēnsūs); m, fourth declension
- Consensus, agreement, accordance, unanimity, concord.
- A plot, conspiracy.
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- (concord, agreement): concentus, concordātiō, concordia, concorditās, harmonia, ūnanimitās
- (plot, conspiracy): coitiō, coniūrātiō, cōnsensiō, cōnspīrātiō
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- “consensus” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press)
