Pseudoconsensus

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Apparent consensus that is not in fact genuine. uncountable

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From pseudo- + consensus.

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