Found 2 items, similar to Notional.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: notional
notional
adj 1: 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 being 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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Notional
Notional
\No"tion*al\, a.
1. Consisting of, or conveying, notions or ideas; expressing
abstract conceptions.
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2. Existing in idea only; visionary; whimsical.
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Discourses of speculative and notional things.
--Evelyn.
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3. Given to foolish or visionary expectations; whimsical;
fanciful; as, a notional man.
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