Consensus

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  • noun. An opinion or position reached by a group as a whole.
  • noun. General agreement or accord.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A general agreement or concord: as, a consensus of opinion.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Agreement; accord; consent.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A process of decision-making that seeks widespread agreement among group members.
  • noun. General agreement among the members of a given group or community, each of which exercises some discretion in decision-making and follow-up action.
  • noun. Average projected value, as in the finance term consensus forecast.
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  • noun. agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole
  • Word Usage
    "Later he used the term consensus when he talked about evolution being accepted by all real scientists."
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    accord  agreement  
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