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

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This morning, the Center for Democracy and Technology, a nonprofit that advocates for digital rights and privacy, released a report on the alarming prevalence of nonconsensual intimate imagery (or NCII) in American schools. —

Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2024 To improve on current policies, researchers recommended that 988 and its partner organizations divest entirely from law enforcement and halt nonconsensual interventions of all kinds. —

Samantha Riedel, Them, 11 Oct. 2024 For example, there is a rise in nonconsensual choking, hair pulling and the like. —

David Oliver, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024 As early as 2019, online monitoring found that 96 percent of deepfake videos were nonconsensual pornography. —

Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for nonconsensual