conceptual; imaginative; theoretical
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Notional Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Given to foolish or visionary expectations; whimsical; fanciful; as, a notional man.
Given to foolish or visionary expectations; whimsical; fanciful; as, a notional man.
(a.)
Existing in idea only; visionary; whimsical.
Existing in idea only; visionary; whimsical.
(a.)
Consisting of, or conveying, notions or ideas; expressing abstract conceptions.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutConsisting of, or conveying, notions or ideas; expressing abstract conceptions.
notional
\no"tion*al\ (?), a.
1. consisting of, or conveying, notions or ideas; expressing abstract conceptions.
2. existing in idea only; visionary; whimsical. discourses of speculative and notional things.
3. given to foolish or visionary expectations; whimsical; fanciful; as, a notional man.
notional
adj
1. (grammar) having descriptive value as distinguished from syntactic category; "sex is a notional category; gender is a syntactic one"
2. not based on fact; dubious; "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- f.d.roosevelt; "a small child's imaginary friends"; "her imagined fame"; "to create a notional world for oneself" [syn: fanciful, imaginary, imagined]
3. not based on fact or investigation; "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge" [syn: speculative]
4. indulging in or influenced by fancy; "a fanciful mind"; "all the notional vagaries of childhood" [syn: fanciful]
5. being or of the nature of a notion or concept; "a plan abstract and conceptional"; "to improve notional comprehension"; "a notional response to the question" [syn: conceptional, ideational]
Adjective
1. having descriptive value as distinguished from syntactic category; "sex is a notional category; gender is a syntactic one"
(pertainym) notion
(classification) grammar
2. not based on fact; dubious; "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt; "a small child's imaginary friends"; "her imagined fame"; "to create a notional world for oneself"
(synonym) fanciful, imaginary, imagined
(similar) unreal
3. not based on fact or investigation; "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge"
(synonym) speculative
(similar) theoretical, theoretic
4. indulging in or influenced by fancy; "a fanciful mind"; "all the notional vagaries of childhood"
(synonym) fanciful
(similar) creative, originative
5. being (or being of the nature of) a notion or concept; "a plan abstract and conceptional"; "to improve notional comprehension"; "a notional response to the question"
(synonym) conceptional, ideational
(similar) abstract
