consensus gentium

[ kohn-sen-soos gen-tee-oom; English kuhn-sen-suhs jen-shee-uhm ]

/ koʊnˈsɛn sʊs ˈgɛn tiˌʊm; English kənˈsɛn səs ˈdʒɛn ʃi əm /

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noun Latin.

agreement of the people.

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Words nearby consensus gentium

But there is no consensus about what the attrition of ISIS looks like.
Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War|Nancy A. Youssef|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It all began, the consensus seems to be, with the red jungle fowl.
The History of the Chicken: How This Humble Bird Saved Humanity|William O’Connor|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The consensus leans toward forbidding it, though some people of knowledge think it permissible.
ISIS Jihadis Get ‘Slavery for Dummies’|Jamie Dettmer|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Only 27 percent accept the scientific consensus that anthropogenic climate change is real.
Extreme Weather? Blame the End Times|Jay Michaelson|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Bipartisan consensus is like when my doctor and my lawyer agree with my wife that I need help.
Up to a Point: Thanks to the Biggest Turkey, Uncle Sam|P. J. O’Rourke|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Not like New York, that never expresses an opinion until a sort of consensus has sweated up to the surface.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
It is a fact implied in the consensus of the various parts of the social body.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive|John Stuart Mill
The consensus of classical opinion, then, agrees that the purpose of rhetoric is persuasive public speaking.
Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance|Donald Lemen Clark
A consensus of the opinions of antiquarians is that the Swastika had no foothold among the Egyptians.
The Swastika|Thomas Wilson
Why, it would have taxed to the uttermost the experience and resources of any one among themselves, was the consensus of opinion.
Forging the Blades|Bertram Mitford