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con-sensual

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See also: consensual

English

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Etymology 1

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From con- +‎ sensual.

Adjective

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con-sensual

  1. (physiology) Occurring simultaneously, or almost so, with sensory perception.
    • 1854, “Review”, in Journal of psychological medicine, volume 7, Three Lectures on the Correlation of Psychology and Physiology, by Daniel Noble, M.D., page 515:
      Emotional sensibility, he thinks, induces its own reactions upon the muscular system, independently of the movements denominated con-sensual.
  2. Jointly sensing.
    • 2010, Klaus Krippendorff, Fernando Bermejo, On Communicating: Otherness, Meaning, and Information, →ISBN, page 195:
      We must recognize others as con-sensual observers of A, granting their different perceptions equal validity for them.

Etymology 2

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See consensual.

Adjective

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con-sensual

  1. Alternative spelling of consensual
    • 1896, University of Manitoba, Calendar:
      Explain real and con-sensual contracts.
    • 1998, Andrew Light, Jonathan M. Smith, Philosophy and Geography Two, →ISBN, page 226:
      In answer to the question of what are the context-specific arrangements by which a plurality of interacting networks of participants with a range of conflicting identities and representations, might be able to negotiate some form of con-sensual agreement on a local planning issue, I propose the need for a transparently just process of negotiation.
    • 2003, Anke van Vuuren, Women Striving for Self-reliance:
      Fourthly, conjugal bonds are weak and unstable in the Caribbean as a result of con-sensual unions, which are traditionally very prevalent in this region.