consensual

See also: con-sensual

English

Alternative forms

• con-sensual

Etymology

From consensus +‎ -ual.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈsɛnʃuəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

consensual (comparative more consensual, superlative most consensual)

1. With permission, with consensus, without coercion; allowed without objecting or resisting.
   • 1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 5:

     He'd operated on an almost permanent adrenaline high, a byproduct of youth and proficiency, jacked into a custom cyberspace deck that projected his disembodied consciousness into the consensual hallucination that was the matrix.

   consensual sex

2. (law) Existing, or made, by the mutual consent of two or more parties.

   a consensual contract

3. (biology) Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or reflex action, and not by conscious volition.

   consensual motions

   1. Contralaterally corresponding rather than ipsilaterally induced.

      direct and consensual pupillary reflexes produce bilateral constriction from a unilateral stimulus

Antonyms

• non-consensual

Derived terms

• consensual crime
• consensualism
• consensualist
• consensuality
• consensualize
• consensually
• consensualness
• consensual non-consent
• consensual reflex
• consentual
• nonconsensuality
• semiconsensual
• unconsensual

Related terms

Category English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sent- (feel) not found

Translations

With consensus

Arabic: توافقي Armenian: please add this translation if you can Catalan: concensual Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: konsenzuální (cs) Dutch: consensueel (nl), afgesproken (nl) Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: yhteisymmärrykseen perustuva French: consensuel (fr) German: einvernehmlich (de) Greek: συναινετικός (el) (synainetikós) Hebrew: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Irish: comhthoiliúil Italian: consensuale (it) Polish: konsensualny (pl) Portuguese: consensual (pt) Romanian: consensual (ro) Russian: согласо́ванный (ru) (soglasóvannyj), консенсуа́льный (ru) (konsensuálʹnyj), консе́нсусный (ru) (konsénsusnyj) (literary) Spanish: consensual Thai: please add this translation if you can Welsh: cydsyniol

Portuguese

Etymology

From consenso +‎ -ual.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.sẽ.suˈaw/ [kõ.sẽ.sʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /kõ.sẽˈswaw/ [kõ.sẽˈswaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.sẽˈswal/ [kõ.sẽˈswaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.sẽˈswal/ [kõ.sẽˈswaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.sẽˈswa.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: con‧sen‧su‧al

Adjective

consensual m or f (plural consensuais)

1. consensual

Derived terms

• consensualmente

Related terms

• consenso

Further reading

• “consensual”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “consensual”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French consensuel. By surface analysis, consens +‎ -ual.

Adjective

consensual m or n (feminine singular consensuală, masculine plural consensuali, feminine/neuter plural consensuale)

1. consensual

Declension

Declension of consensual

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	consensual		consensuală		consensuali	consensuale
	definite	consensualul		consensuala		consensualii	consensualele
genitive- dative	indefinite	consensual		consensuale		consensuali	consensuale
	definite	consensualului		consensualei		consensualilor	consensualelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konsenˈswal/ [kõn.sẽnˈswal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: con‧sen‧sual

Adjective

consensual m or f (masculine and feminine plural consensuales)

1. consensual

Derived terms

• consensualmente

Further reading

• “consensual”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025