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 …

—Carol Queen

Examples of nonconsensual in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In May, the U.S. passed the Take It Down Act, which criminalizes nonconsensual deepfake imagery and mandates social media companies to remove such material from their platforms 48 hours after they are notified of the deepfake. —Solcyré Burga, Time, 27 June 2025

The company says its regulations are intended to block users from sharing or threatening to share nonconsensual intimate imagery. —Alain Sherter, CBS News, 6 June 2025

The bill punishes internet abuse involving nonconsensual and explicit imagery. —Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 20 May 2025

Weinstein has denied having nonconsensual encounters with anyone. —Jenna Sundel amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1845, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for nonconsensual

• consensual

Legal Definition

nonconsensual

adjective

non·​con·​sen·​su·​al

ˌnän-kən-ˈsen-chə-wəl

: not involving consent : not consented to