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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"