affirmative vs consensus

affirmative

noun
  • An answer that shows agreement or acceptance. 

  • Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance. 

adj
  • pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming 

  • pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result 

  • Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition. 

  • Confirmative; ratifying. 

  • positive 

  • dogmatic 

  • positive; not negative 

intj
  • An elaborate synonym for the word yes. 

  • Yes; true; correct. 

consensus

noun
  • General agreement among the members of a given group or community, each of which exercises some discretion in decision-making and follow-up action. 

  • A process of decision-making that seeks widespread agreement among group members. 

  • Average projected value. 

  • An agreement on some data value that is needed during computation. 

verb
  • To seek consensus; to hold discussions with the aim of reaching mutual agreement. 

How often have the words affirmative and consensus occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )