consensual

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From consensus +‎ -ual.

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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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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French consensuel. By surface analysis, consens +‎ -ual.

Adjective[edit]

consensual m or n (feminine singular consensuală, masculine plural consensuali, feminine and neuter plural consensuale)

  1. consensual

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  • IPA(key): /konsenˈswal/ [kõn.sẽnˈswal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: con‧sen‧sual

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consensual m or f (masculine and feminine plural consensuales)

  1. consensual

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