Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as a whole;
- Example: "the lack of consensus reflected differences in theoretical positions"- Example: "those rights and obligations are based on an unstated consensus"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Consensus \Con*sen"sus\, n. [L. See Consent.]
Agreement; accord; consent.
[1913 Webster]
That traditional consensus of society which we call
public opinion. --Tylor.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
consensus
n 1: agreement in the judgment or opinion reached by a group as
a whole; "the lack of consensus reflected differences in
theoretical positions"; "those rights and obligations are
based on an unstated consensus"