Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

consensualism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-sen-su-al-ism
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From consensual + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: consensual

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does consensualism mean?: A system where decisions are made based on the consensus of those involved.
Where does consensualism come from?: From consensual + -ism.

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