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/kənˈsensəs/,
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consensuses, plural;
  1. General agreement
    • - a consensus of opinion among judges
    • - a consensus view
  1. (consensus) agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole; "the lack of consensus reflected differences in theoretical positions"; "those rights and obligations are based on an unstated consensus"
  2. Consensus is defined in English as, firstly - general agreement and, secondly - group solidarity of belief or sentiment. It has its origin in a Latin word meaning literally to feel together.
  3. (Consensus (computer science)) Consensus is a problem in distributed computing that encapsulates the task of group agreement in the presence of faults.
  4. (Consensus (medical)) Medical consensus is a public statement on a particular aspect of medical knowledge available at the time it was written, and that is generally agreed upon as the evidence-based, state-of-the-art (or state-of-science) knowledge by a representative group of experts in that ...
  5. (consensus) A process of decision-making that seeks widespread agreement among group members; General agreement among the members of a given group or community, each of which exercises some discretion in decision-making and follow-up action; Average projected value, as in the finance term ...
  6. (Consensus) A result achieved through negotiation whereby a hybrid solution is arrived at between parties to an issue, dispute or disagreement, comprising typically of concessions made by all parties, and to which all parties then subscribe unanimously as an acceptable resolution to the issue or ...
  7. (Consensus) A state where everyone in the group supports an action or decision, even if some of them don't fully agree with it.
  8. (consensus) the extent to which, in a given situation, other people behave in the same way as the person being observed. 595
  9. (Consensus) The decision is made by agreement of all, see decision-making models.
  10. (Consensus) Facilitators will use the consensus process to reach a predetermined outcome.  Minority positions are ignored in consensus.  This is also used in education as more value is placed on reaching consensus than objective data.
  11. (consensus) A decision procedure in which each group member agrees with the decision or in which group members' individual positions are close enough that they can support the group's decision.
  12. (Consensus) A text is said to be adopted by consensus when all the members of the organ tasked with taking the decision give their tacit consent. No voting takes place. Consensus differs from unanimity which is an explicit agreement, resulting from a vote in which all members cast a vote. ...
  13. (Consensus) Agreement that is generally acceptable
  14. (CONSENSUS) A consensual agreement or win-win outcome of collaborative problem-solving and conflict resolution. ...
  15. (CONSENSUS (POLITICAL STRATEGY)) To claim or insist on cross-party or national consensus is a well-known political strategy in situations where the country is threatened, for instance by outside attack. Immigration is often seen as such a threat. Thus, Mrs. ...
  16. (CONSENSUS) When the leader can't decide how to handle a problem.
  17. (Consensus) A Grove governs itself by consensus - 1 person, 1 vote, all decisions are unanimous. Two thirds of the members (a quorum) must be present to transact business.
  18. (Consensus) A Quaker practice of decision-making. Love it or hate it, everyone's got to agree with it.
  19. (Consensus) A conflict strategy in which a solution that meets everyone's needs is agreed upon.
  20. (Consensus) A decision-making process that takes into account each group member’s opinions and utilizes conflict resolution processes to mitigate disagreements.
  21. (Consensus) A form of decision-making requiring all parties to agree completely with the issue(s) after extensive discussion and deliberation.
  22. (Consensus) A general term that classifies the level of stakeholder buy-in to a particular relicensing decision. Participants in individual licensing processes may define what they determine to constitute consensus on particular issues.
  23. (Consensus) Agreeing to act together with other people
  24. (Consensus) Agreement on the main points of a strategy.
  25. (Consensus) Being forced to agree with your seniors.