Consensus

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An opinion or position reached by a group as a whole: "Among political women . . . there is a clear consensus about the problems women candidates have traditionally faced” ( Wendy Kaminer). See Usage Note at redundancy.
  • n. General agreement or accord: government by consensus.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A process of decision-making that seeks widespread agreement among group members.
  • n. General agreement among the members of a given group or community, each of which exercises some discretion in decision-making and follow-up action.
  • n. Average projected value, as in the finance term consensus forecast.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Agreement; accord; consent.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A general agreement or concord: as, a consensus of opinion.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    agreement    accord   
    Cross Reference
    consensus genevensis   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    agreement    accord    consent   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    census   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    coöperation    agenda    norm    solidarity    analysts'   
     
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