consentience

consentience
/keuhn sen"sheuhns/, n.
1. agreement or unity of opinion; concurrence.
2. the faculty of synthesizing sensations, without the use of the intellect or without consciousness, in reflex or involuntary actions.
[1875-80; CONSENTI(ENT) + -ENCE]

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