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con-sensual

con-sensual adjective: occurring simultaneously, or almost so, with sensory perception. Also the alternative spelling of consensual.

Adjective

con-sensual

  1. Occurring simultaneously, or almost so, with sensory perception.
    • Emotional sensibility, he thinks, induces its own reactions upon the muscular system, independently of the movements denominated con-sensual.1854, “Review”, in Journal of psychological medicine, volume 7, Three Lectures on the Correlation of Psychology and Physiology, by Daniel Noble, M.D., page 515
  2. Jointly sensing.
    • We must recognize others as con-sensual observers of A, granting their different perceptions equal validity for them.2010, Klaus Krippendorff, Fernando Bermejo, On Communicating: Otherness, Meaning, and Information, →ISBN, page 195

Also used as

con-sensual is also the alternative spelling of consensual.

Origin of con-sensual

From con- + sensual.

See consensual.

Questions about con-sensual

What does con-sensual mean?
Con-sensual means occurring simultaneously, or almost so, with sensory perception.
What part of speech is con-sensual?
Con-sensual is an adjective.

Words near con-sensual in the dictionary

  1. con-man
  2. con-non-con
  3. con-scan
  4. con-script
  5. con-scripts
  6. con-sensual
  7. Con.Bn.
  8. Cona
  9. conacaste
  10. conacastes
  11. Conacher

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