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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Trump’s orders temporarily led some hospitals to deny gender-affirming care to trans youth while continuing nonconsensual surgeries on intersex children.
—Samantha Riedel, Them., 26 Mar. 2025
In fact, some hospitals that paused gender-affirming care for trans youth in response to another Trump order still allowed nonconsensual surgeries on intersex youth to continue, even though such procedures can cause lasting trauma.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 20 Mar. 2025
Now, the state defines rape as nonconsensual vaginal contact.
—Saloni Sethi, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2025
The surge in uploads suggests that easier-to-use, more convincing generative AI tools—combined with a lack of meaningful safeguards—are making nonconsensual deepfakes more commonplace.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 12 Mar. 2025
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Samantha Riedel, Them., 26 Mar. 2025
In fact, some hospitals that paused gender-affirming care for trans youth in response to another Trump order still allowed nonconsensual surgeries on intersex youth to continue, even though such procedures can cause lasting trauma.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 20 Mar. 2025
Now, the state defines rape as nonconsensual vaginal contact.
—Saloni Sethi, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2025
The surge in uploads suggests that easier-to-use, more convincing generative AI tools—combined with a lack of meaningful safeguards—are making nonconsensual deepfakes more commonplace.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Nonconsensual.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonconsensual. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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