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consequential
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con·se·quen·tial  (kns-kwnshl)
adj.
1. Following as an effect, result, or conclusion; consequent.
2. Having important consequences; significant: "The year's only really consequential legislation was the reform of Social Security" (New York Times).
3.
a. Important; influential: a consequential figure in the academic community.
b. Pompous; self-important.

conse·quenti·ali·ty (-sh-l-t), conse·quential·ness n.
conse·quential·ly adv.

consequential
Adjective
1. important or significant
2. following as a result
USAGE: Although both consequential and consequent can refer to something which happens as the result of something else, consequent is more common in this sense in modern English: the new measures were put into effect, and the consequent protest led to the dismissal of those responsible.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.consequential - having important issues or results; "the year's only really consequential legislation"; "an eventful decision"
important, of import - of great significance or value; "important people"; "the important questions of the day"

consequential


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This is contrasted against a logic of consequentiality that we find in systems theory and traditional institutional theory.
An essay in 'skinning', 'sheathing' or 'folding' (basically a related action), its self-confidence lies in the consequentiality of the components and an unswerving determination to keep it simple and keep it tough.
How inner human emotions, and particularly how love and death evince the consequentiality of a murder-war, is clearly a heart-word in the literature of disenchantment that Woolf registers in her novel, in which feelings of forlornness, desperation, deprivation are prevalent, and in which, to employ a Dickens phrase, we see how "a crestfallen, disenchanted man" emerges to characterize the modern age in transition.
 
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