transcription, транскрипция: [ kən-ˈsen(t)-səs ]
noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Latin, from consentire
Date: 1843
1.
a. : general agreement : unanimity
the consensus of their opinion, based on reports…from the border — John Hersey
b. : the judgment arrived at by most of those concerned
the consensus was to go ahead
2. : group solidarity in sentiment and belief
Usage:
The phrase consensus of opinion, which is not actually redundant (see sense 1a; the sense that takes the phrase is slightly older), has been so often claimed to be a redundancy that many writers avoid it. You are safe in using consensus alone when it is clear you mean consensus of opinion, and most writers in fact do so.