consensus

noun
/kənˈsɛnsəs/

A process of decision-making that seeks widespread agreement among group members.

Other meanings

General agreement among the members of a given group or community, each member of which exercises some discretion in decision-making and follow-up action.
“After years of debate over the best wine to serve at Thanksgiving, no real consensus has emerged.”
An agreement on some data value that is needed during computation.

Related words

anticonsensus
consensual
metaconsensus
nonconsensus
post-war consensus
pseudoconsensus
subconsensus
consensus reality
consensus theorem
consensus trance
consensus ad idem
consensus national champion

Example sentences

“There doesn't seem to be consensus on this.”
Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0
“We practice consensus-based decision-making.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“They reached a consensus.”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0

Word history

From Latin "cōnsēnsus" (agreement, accordance, unanimity).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “consensus” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.