entmoot

Etymology

ent + moot, referring to the lengthy deliberations of the ents in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

entmoot means A mythical form of consensus building without time constraints where all ideas and opinions of dissent are thoroughly considered and dwelt upon. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 100 out of 100.

Why this word is great

ENTMOOT — [Noun] A mythical, deliberative meeting characterized by exhaustive consideration of all viewpoints without time constraints, as practiced by the Ents in J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium. From the fictional race name Ent (invented by J.R.R. Tolkien from Old English *ent*, meaning "giant") + the English word moot (from Old English *mōt*, "meeting, assembly"). Unlike a standard moot, a practical assembly for debate, or the achievement of consensus, a settled outcome, an entmoot is the process itself—a vast, arboreal deliberation measured in seasons, not hours. It is the slow creak of ancient limbs shifting in council, the patient sifting of wind through a thousand leaves for meaning, and the deep, root-bound contemplation that unfolds as the forest around it grows and decays. It is counsel not as a means to an end, but as the natural state of being for those whose thoughts have roots.

noun

A mythical form of consensus building without time constraints where all ideas and opinions of dissent are thoroughly considered and dwelt upon.“‘The next day it was proclaimed that the Folkmoot for Judgement should be held on the morning following, for already five hundred of the headmen had come in, and that was by custom deemed the least number which might count as a full meeting of the Folk.’ A similar scene is described in chapter vii of William Morris's The House of the Wolfings, entitled ‘The folk-mote of the Mark-men’. This kind of”