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notional
[noh-shuh-nl]
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.
notional
/ ˈəʊʃəə /
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
Other Word Forms
- notionality noun
- notionally adverb
- nonnotional adjective
- unnotional adjective
- unnotionally adverb
- ˈԴdzپDzԲ adverb
Example Sentences
But Streeting’s view became public after he told a large, notionally private, meeting of Labour MPs what he thought.
The Democratic Party did indeed defenestrate its notional leader, at nearly the last possible instant and in dramatically successful fashion.
Scotland is not alone in running a notional deficit.
So the baseline for this contest in terms of gains and losses is not the 2019 result, but the "notional" result using the new boundaries.
The counterweight to the arguments against FIT21 is cash — the green variety, not the notional type marketed by cryptocurrency firms.
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