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non-consensual

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non-consensual adjective: without permission, without consensus or consent, with coercion, especially said of sexual relations.

Adjective

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

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

Antonyms of non-consensual

Forms of non-consensual

comparativemore non-consensual
superlativemost non-consensual

Origin of non-consensual

From non- + consensual.

Questions about non-consensual

What does non-consensual mean?
Non-consensual means without permission, without consensus or consent, with coercion, especially said of sexual relations.
What part of speech is non-consensual?
Non-consensual is an adjective.

Words near non-consensual in the dictionary

  1. non-confrontational
  2. non-conjunctive
  3. non-connotative
  4. non-cons
  5. non-conscription
  6. non-consensual
  7. non-consensually
  8. non-consent
  9. non-const
  10. non-constituent
  11. non-constituents

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