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consensualism

noun

Etymology

From consensual + -ism.

  1. borrowed from cōnsēnsus
  2. formed as consensual — “consensus + -ual”
  3. suffixed as consensualism — “consensual + ism”

Definitions

  1. A system where decisions are made based on the consensus of those involved.

    • These locations reflect the dilemma and uneasy compromise between desirable, yet mutually exclusive features. One axis ranges from majoritarianism to consensualism. The other goes from unitarism to federalism.
    • Faced with a choice between managerial despotism and liberal anarchy CLS founders voted for Utopian consensualism.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA