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notional Definition
(a)
having
descriptive
value
as
distinguished
from
syntactic
category
; "
sex
is
a
notional
category
;
gender
is
a
syntactic
one
"
(s)
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
"
(s)
not
based
on
fact
or
investigation
; "
a
notional
figure
of
cost
helps
in
determining
production
costs
"; "
speculative
knowledge
"
(s)
indulging
in
or
influenced
by
fancy
; "
a
fanciful
mind
"; "
all
the
notional
vagaries
of
childhood
"
(s)
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
"
notional Synonyms
conceptional
fanciful
ideational
imaginary
imagined
notional
speculative
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