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Notional

adjective
1.
Not based on fact; unreal.  Synonyms: fanciful, imaginary.  "A small child's imaginary friends" , "To create a notional world for oneself"
2.
Not based on fact or investigation.  Synonym: speculative.  "Speculative knowledge"
3.
Indulging in or influenced by fancy.  Synonym: fanciful.  "All the notional vagaries of childhood"
4.
Being of the nature of a notion or concept.  Synonyms: conceptional, ideational.  "To improve notional comprehension" , "A notional response to the question"





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"Notional" Quotes from Famous Books



... technical words, all a man's credenda should be his agenda; and whatsoever he believes should come straight into his life to influence it, and to shape character. Here, then, is the warning against a mere notional orthodoxy, and against regarding Christian truth as being intended mainly to illuminate the understanding, or to be a subject of speculation and discussion. There are people in all generations, and ...
— Expositions Of Holy Scripture - Volume I: St. Luke, Chaps. I to XII • Alexander Maclaren


Words linked to "Notional" :   theoretical, creative, abstract, theoretic, unreal, originative, notion


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