Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

non-consensual

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English

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

15

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

6

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without permission, without consensus or consent, with coercion, especially said of sexual relations.

Example Sentences

"2001. "Briefcase on Medical Law" MB's needle phobia rendered her temporarily incompetent and a non-consensual caesarean section would be lawful."
"2004. "Legal interaction between decisions of international organizations" Non-consensual decision-making process within organs of IOs The third interesting result of this research relates to the method of adoption of decisions of IOs as compared to international treaties."
"2011. "Clinical Forensic Medicine: A Physician's Guide" Nonconsensual Cunnilingus is alleged to have occurred in only 3–9% of reported sexual assaults"
"My testimony was non-consensual as I was forced to rat on my husband since our same-sex marriage is not recognized."

Etymology

From non- + consensual.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: non

Inflected Forms

more non-consensual (comparative) most non-consensual (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

consensuality

Antonyms

consensual

Questions

What does non-consensual mean?: Without permission, without consensus or consent, with coercion, especially said of sexual relations.
Where does non-consensual come from?: From non- + consensual.

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