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adjective pertaining to or expressing a notion or idea.
of the nature of a notion or idea: a notional response to the question.
abstract, theoretical, or speculative, as reflective thought.
not real or actual; ideal or imaginary: to create a notional world for oneself.
given to or full of foolish or fanciful ideas or moods.
Grammar . relating to the meaning expressed by a linguistic form. having full lexical meaning, in contrast to relational. Semantics . belonging to a class of words that express clear concepts rather than relations between concepts; presentive. Compare relational (def. 3), symbolic (def. 4).
SEE MORE SEE LESS Origin of notional First recorded in 1590–1600; notion + -al1
OTHER WORDS FROM notional no·tion·al·i·ty, noun no·tion·al·ly, adverb non·no·tion·al, adjective un·no·tion·al, adjective
un·no·tion·al·ly, adverb
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Words nearby notional no time at all, no time for, have, no time like the present, there's, not in the least, notion, notional , notionate, notions, notitia, not know beans, not know enough to come in out of the rain
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Example sentences from the Web for notional Panetta was no fan of Blair, whom he called his “notional boss” inside the intelligence community.
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Once, in a moment of grace, I allowed myself to imagine a notional platform for such a party.
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The nation bleeds but we seem to have a president for whom emotion is notional .
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Illiquidity was not a problem when notional prices went up in the boom years.
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When credit became less available in the financial meltdown, these alternative investments rapidly shed their notional value.
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General maxims, unless they be formed upon both, will be but notional , v.10.
Essay on Man | Alexander Pope
The governments of these smoking nations are not likely to be notional on that matter.
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But ships are notional , and these expectations are sometimes dashed.
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The physical philosopher studies not merely the Matter, but the Form or notional Essence even more (a. 17).
Sometimes, dynamite will work all right for such a purpose, but it is notional stuff and can not be depended upon merely to burn.
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British Dictionary definitions for notional adjective relating to, expressing, or consisting of notions or ideas
not evident in reality; hypothetical or imaginary a notional tax credit
characteristic of a notion or concept, esp in being speculative or imaginary; abstract
grammar (of a word) having lexical meaning another word for semantic
Derived forms of notional notionally , adverb Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to notional abstract, apocryphal, assumed, chimeric, chimerical, conceptual, deceptive, delusive, dreamy, fabulous, fanciful, fantastic, fantastical, fictional, hallucinatory, hypothetical, ideal, illusive, illusory, imaginative