consensus

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Noun

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 terms

• consensual
• consent

Translations

general agreement

Arabic: إجماع (ar) ('iHmaa`) m., توافق (ar) (tawaafuq) m. Bulgarian: съгласие (bg) n., единодушие (bg) n., консенсус (bg) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 共識 (cmn), 共识 (cmn) (gòngshí) Croatian: konsènzus (hr) m., spȍrazūm (hr) m. Danish: konsensus (da) Dutch: consensus m., eensgezindheid, overeenstemming Esperanto: interkonsento (eo) Finnish: yksimielisyys (1), konsensus (1) French: consensus (fr) m. German: Konsens (de) m., Einvernehmen (de) n. Hungarian: egyezség (hu) Indonesian: konsensus (id)

Italian: consenso (it) m. Japanese: 総意 (ja) (そうい, sōi), 協心 (ja) (きょうしん, kyōshin), コンセンサス (ja) (konsensasu) Polish: konsensus (pl) m. Portuguese: consenso (pt) m. Russian: консенсус (ru) (konsénsus) m., согласие (ru) (soglásije) n., единодушие (ru) (jedinidúšije) n. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: консензус (sh) m. Roman: konsenzus (sh) m. Slovene: dogovor (sl) Spanish: consenso (es) m. Swedish: konsensus (sv) Turkish: oybirliği

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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Dutch

Noun

consensus m.

1. consensus

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Latin

Etymology

From cōnsentiō (“feel together; agree”), a fusion of cōn- (“together”) and sentiō (“sense; perceive; feel”).

Noun

cōnsēnsus (genitive cōnsēnsūs); m, fourth declension

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

Inflection

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

Synonyms

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

Related terms

cōnsēnsiō cōnsentāneē cōnsentāneus

cōnsentiēns cōnsentiō

Descendants

English: consensus French: consensus Italian: consenso

Portuguese: consenso Romanian: consens Spanish: consenso

References

• consensus in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879