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notional

[ noh-shuh-nl ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to or expressing a notion or idea.
  2. of the nature of a notion or idea:

    a notional response to the question.

  3. abstract, theoretical, or speculative, as reflective thought.
  4. not real or actual; ideal or imaginary:

    to create a notional world for oneself.

  5. given to or full of foolish or fanciful ideas or moods.
  6. Grammar.
    1. relating to the meaning expressed by a linguistic form.
    2. having full lexical meaning, in contrast to relational.
  7. Semantics. belonging to a class of words that express clear concepts rather than relations between concepts; presentive. Compare relational ( def 3 ), symbolic ( def 4 ).


notional

/ ˈnəʊʃənəl /

adjective

  1. relating to, expressing, or consisting of notions or ideas
  2. not evident in reality; hypothetical or imaginary

    a notional tax credit

  3. characteristic of a notion or concept, esp in being speculative or imaginary; abstract
  4. grammar
    1. (of a word) having lexical meaning
    2. another word for semantic
“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


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Derived Forms

  • ˈnotionally, adverb
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Other Words From

  • 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of notional1

First recorded in 1590–1600; notion + -al 1
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Example Sentences

The app also allows them to set a budget, and automatically calculates the amount of fractional shares they can afford through notional value trading.

Panetta was no fan of Blair, whom he called his “notional boss” inside the intelligence community.

Once, in a moment of grace, I allowed myself to imagine a notional platform for such a party.

Yet that open border is no less real for seeming so purely notional.

The nation bleeds but we seem to have a president for whom emotion is notional.

Illiquidity was not a problem when notional prices went up in the boom years.

When the sense of God's authority over us is practical, and not notional only.

When he's sort of wild and notional by nature and traps set for him?

The cap'n was a first-rate seaman and died rich, but he was dreadful notional.

They wish to catch as many fish as they possibly can, while they are biting, for mackerel are very notional.

For it is slight compared to their notional assent, that which they think they believe concerning it.

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