consequential

adj — 4 senses

consequential

adj

US /ˌkɑnsɪˈkwɛnʃəl/ · UK /ˌkɒnsɪˈkwɛnʃəl/

Etymology From consequent + -ial.

1

Following as a result.

2

Having significant consequences; of importance.

The more profound and consequential the issue, the more stubborn our denial.2023 September 18, Charles Hugh Smith, The Peculiar Power of Denial:

3

Important or significant.

4

Of a person Self-important.

He was a very short, fat little man, with immensely long grey side-whiskers, and a most consequential manner.1919, Lord Frederic Hamilton, The Vanished Pomps of Yesterday, page 69:

Synonyms: considerable, important
Antonyms: inconsequential
Derived terms: consequentialism, consequentialist, consequentialistic, consequentiality, consequentialize, consequentially, consequential mark, consequentialness, inconsequential, nonconsequential, unconsequential

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