nonconsensual
adjective
non·con·sen·su·al
ˌnän-kən-ˈsen(t)-sh(ə-)wəl 
-shəl,
-shü-əl
: not agreed to by one or more of the people involved : not consensual
nonconsensual sex
nonconsensually
adverb
… I pointed out that it's always painful and infuriating when people are nonconsensually manipulated into humiliating themselves to make someone else's point …
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As a result, what should be one of the most joyful moments can instead become one marked by fear, confusion, and surveillance — all stemming from a nonconsensual test.
—Dr. Mattie Renn, New York Daily News, 27 May 2026
The earliest arrests under the Take It Down Act (TIDA) suggest that cops don’t have to work too hard to identify people illegally posting and selling nonconsensual sexualized deepfakes of women online.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 26 May 2026
The filing also revealed that a fifth of X’s 500 million users use its AI chatbot Grok which has in the past faced regulatory scrutiny for producing nonconsensual deepfakes.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
The man, 37-year-old James Strahler II, used AI to create nonconsensual images and videos of both adult and minor victims, the department said in the release.
—Bruna Horvath, NBC news, 8 Apr. 2026
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Dr. Mattie Renn, New York Daily News, 27 May 2026
The earliest arrests under the Take It Down Act (TIDA) suggest that cops don’t have to work too hard to identify people illegally posting and selling nonconsensual sexualized deepfakes of women online.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 26 May 2026
The filing also revealed that a fifth of X’s 500 million users use its AI chatbot Grok which has in the past faced regulatory scrutiny for producing nonconsensual deepfakes.
—Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
The man, 37-year-old James Strahler II, used AI to create nonconsensual images and videos of both adult and minor victims, the department said in the release.
—Bruna Horvath, NBC news, 8 Apr. 2026
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“Nonconsensual.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonconsensual. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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