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Where do you get this definition? Wiktionary just talks about widespread agreement, not unanimous agreement: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/consensus https://en
by pcthrowaway 5y ago
Where do you get this definition? Wiktionary just talks about widespread agreement, not unanimous agreement: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/consensus https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/consensus
To be fair, I've heard it used (presumably) the same way, but I understood this to be a type of consensus that relies on an agreement by all.
From the wikipedia definition on consensus-based decision-making:
> The focus on establishing agreement of the supermajority and avoiding unproductive opinion, differentiates consensus from unanimity, which requires all participants to support a decision.
- _carbyau_ 5y agoThere are differing definitions but maybe the wiggle room is in the use of "agreement" vs "acceptance". As I see it, for humans usually consensus on a topic is: majority agree minority disagree... but in lieu of anything better being accepted by the group, they accept a perceived suboptimal outcome for the sake of getting a beneficial outcome at all. IE it's not great, but it's good enough.