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notional
adjective
1 notional
Not based on fact; existing only in the imagination:
— To create a notional world for oneself.
synonyms: fanciful, imaginary.
Roget 515:
imagined
etc.
v.;
ben trovato [It];
air drawn,
airbuilt†.
imagining
etc.
v.,
imaginative;
original,
inventive,
creative,
fertile.
romantic,
high flown,
flighty,
extravagant,
fanatic,
enthusiastic,
unrealistic,
Utopian,
Quixotic.
ideal,
unreal;
in the clouds,
in nubibus [Lat.];
unsubsantial†
etc.
4;
illusory
etc.
(fallacious)
495.
fabulous,
legendary;
mythical,
mythic,
mythological;
chimerical;
imaginary,
visionary;
notional;
fancy,
fanciful,
fantastic,
fantastical†;
whimsical;
fairy,
fairy-like;
gestic†.
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2 notional
Not based on fact or investigation:
— A notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs.
synonym: speculative.
Polish: spekulatywny
3 notional
Indulging in or influenced by fancy:
— All the notional vagaries of childhood.
synonym: fanciful.
4 notional
Being of the nature of a notion or concept:
— To improve notional comprehension.
— A notional response to the question.
synonyms: conceptional, ideational.
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