raging agreement

English

Etymology

raging + agreement

Noun

raging agreement

1. (rare) A state in which people are arguing despite having similar opinions.
   • 1988, U.S. Army Command, General Staff College, Military review, Volume 68, page 75:

     In fact, both are in raging agreement that passive defense is never appropriate.

   • 2001, Subcommittee on Aviation of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Issues arising out of the Egypt Air [i.e. EgyptAir] crash, page 26:

     I think there is absolute raging agreement between the FAA and the NTSB on that matter.

   • 2003, David A. Schmaltz, The Blind Men and the Elephant: Mastering Project Work, page 115:

     Listeners' faces lighted up as they realized that they were, as a community mostly in raging agreement about the direction and outcome they desired