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 m ('ijmaa`), توافق m (tawaafuq)
• Bulgarian: съгласие (bg) n (săglasie), единодушие (bg) n (edinodušie), консенсус m (konsensus)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 共識 (zh), 共识 (gòngshí)

• Czech: shoda 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 (el) f (koiní synaínesi)
• 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)
• Persian: اجماع (fa) m (ejmâ')
• Polish: konsensus (pl) m
• Portuguese: consenso (pt) m
• Russian: консе́нсус (ru) m (konsénsus), согла́сие (ru) n (soglásije), единодушие (ru) n (jedinidúšije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: консѐнзус m, спо̏разӯм m

  Roman: konsènzus m, spȍrazūm m

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

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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• Hyphenation: con‧sen‧sus

Noun

consensus m (uncountable)

1. consensus

Synonyms

• overeenstemming

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.sɛ̃.sys/, /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.sys/

Noun

consensus m (plural consensus)

1. consensus

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cōnsēnsus m (genitive cōnsēnsūs); fourth declension

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

Inflection

Fourth declension.

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

Adjective

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

1. (rare) agreed upon

Inflection

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	cōnsēnsae	cōnsēnsō		cōnsēnsīs	cōnsēnsīs	cōnsēnsīs
accusative	cōnsēnsum	cōnsēnsam	cōnsēnsum		cōnsēnsōs	cōnsēnsās	cōnsēnsa
ablative	cōnsēnsō	cōnsēnsā	cōnsēnsō		cōnsēnsīs	cōnsēnsīs	cōnsēnsīs
vocative	cōnsēnse	cōnsēnsa	cōnsēnsum		cōnsēnsī	cōnsēnsae	cōnsēnsa

References

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