NOTIONAL Definition & Meaning

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notional

[ noh-shuh-nl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.
1. relating to the meaning expressed by a linguistic form.
2. 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. Compare relational ( def 3 ), symbolic ( def 4 ).

notional

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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
1. (of a word) having lexical meaning
2. another word for semantic

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First recorded in 1590–1600; notion + -al ¹

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But Streeting’s view became public after he told a large, notionally private, meeting of Labour MPs what he thought.

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Their notional policy agenda was almost universally unobjectionable, if also highly unspecific.

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Scotland is not alone in running a notional deficit.

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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.

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The counterweight to the arguments against FIT21 is cash — the green variety, not the notional type marketed by cryptocurrency firms.

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