mistnipobocka<p>- it seems to me that some "authorities" (re-)define the term "consensus" or "consensual" as if it no longer describes "a state of general agreement among all parties involved".<br> - but then, using this logic of theirs, it would also be "consensual" if, in a mass sex between 100 people, 5 of them disagreed with that sex (and felt raped by the majority of those 95 people). After all: those 5 people out of 100 are an "insignificant minority" that won't make much difference to the consensus of the majority... :-D <br> - this new vague use of the term "consensus" therefore leads to a degradation of the term, and presumably its original meaning, from the general consent of all to a mere "majority democracy" where the majority simply outvotes the minority and enforces its will even in the case of the minority's dissent.<br> - in my opinion, the original meaning of consensus is well described here (etymology of "concensus") :<br> "A general accord or agreement of different parts in effecting a given purpose," originally a term in physiology; 1861, of persons "a general agreement in opinion;" from Latin consensus "agreement, accord," past participle of consentire "feel together," from assimilated form of com "with, together" (see con-) + sentire "to feel" (see sense (n.)). There is an isolated instance of the word from 1633."<br><a href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/consensus" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">etymonline.com/word/consensus</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://f.cz/tags/consensus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consensus</span></a> <a href="https://f.cz/tags/consensual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consensual</span></a> <a href="https://f.cz/tags/sex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sex</span></a> <a href="https://f.cz/tags/rape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rape</span></a> <a href="https://f.cz/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://f.cz/tags/votes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>votes</span></a> <a href="https://f.cz/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anarchism</span></a> <a href="https://f.cz/tags/anarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anarchy</span></a> <a href="https://f.cz/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://f.cz/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a></p>