Notional Definition & Meaning
notional
- adjective
- not based on fact; unreal; "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt; "a small child's imaginary friends"; "to create a notional world for oneself"
- not based on fact or investigation; "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge"
- indulging in or influenced by fancy; "a fanciful mind"; "all the notional vagaries of childhood"
- being of the nature of a notion or concept; "a plan abstract and conceptional"; "to improve notional comprehension"; "a notional response to the question"
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- What does notional mean?
- not based on fact; unreal; "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt; "a small child's imaginary friends"; "to create a notional world for oneself" not based on fact or investigation; "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge" indulging in or influenced by fancy; "a fanciful mind"; "all the notional vagaries of childhood" being of the nature of a notion or concept; "a plan abstract and conceptional
- What part of speech is notional?
- Notional is an adjective.
- How many definitions does notional have?
- Notional has 4 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).