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consequential (L6472)

From consequent +‎ -ial.^[1]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒnsɪˈkwɛnʃəl/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American, Atlantic Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑnsɪˈkwɛnʃəl/
• (Canada, Boston, Maine) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒnsɪˈkwɛnʃəl/
• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔnsɪˈkwenʃəl/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌkɒnsɪˈkwenʃəl/, [ˌkɔ̟nsɪˈkwenʃəl]
• Hyphenation: con‧se‧quen‧tial

consequential (comparative more consequential, superlative most consequential)

1. Following as a result.
2. Having significant consequences; of importance.
   • 2023 September 18, Charles Hugh Smith, The Peculiar Power of Denial‎^[1], archived from the original on 14 October 2025:

     The more profound and consequential the issue, the more stubborn our denial.

3. Important or significant.
4. (of a person) Self-important.
   • 1919, Lord Frederic Hamilton, The Vanished Pomps of Yesterday‎^[2], page 69:

     He was a very short, fat little man, with immensely long grey side-whiskers, and a most consequential manner.

• (having significant consequences): considerable, important

• inconsequential