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pseudoconsensus

noun

Etymology

From pseudo- + consensus.

  1. borrowed from cōnsēnsus
  2. prefixed as pseudoconsensus — “pseudo + consensus”

Definitions

  1. Apparent consensus that is not in fact genuine.

    • Today, however, the pseudoconsensus of “leave as soon as we are able, stay as long as we must” rests not on a strategy but on its very opposite: a dodge.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pseudoconsensus. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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