pseudoconsensus

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noun

Apparent consensus that is not in fact genuine.

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Meanings

nounpseudoconsensus (uncountable)
  1. uncountableApparent consensus that is not in fact genuine.

    Today, however, the pseudoconsensus of “leave as soon as we are able, stay as long as we must” rests not on a strategy but on its very opposite: a dodge.

    2008 January 13, Noah Feldman, “Vanishing Act”, in New York Times

Origin

From pseudo- + consensus.

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APA

pseudoconsensus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoconsensus

MLA

“pseudoconsensus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoconsensus. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudoconsensus,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoconsensus.

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