notional
pronunciation
How to pronounce notional in British English:
UK [ˈnəʊʃənl]
How to pronounce notional in American English:
US [ˈnoʊʃənl]
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- Adjective:
- having descriptive value as distinguished from syntactic category
- not based on fact; dubious
- not based on fact or investigation
- indulging in or influenced by fancy
- being (or being of the nature of) a notion or concept
Word Origin
- notional (adj.)
- "pertaining to notions," 1590s, from notion + -al (earlier nocional, late 14c., from Medieval Latin notionalis). Meaning "full of whims" is from 1791. Grammatical sense is from 1928 (Jespersen); economics use is from 1958.
Example
- 1. The petrol car the ucs team uses for comparison is a notional compact that gets 27mpg .
- 2. Another option is to turn the empty accounts into so-called " notional " accounts , as pioneered by sweden .
- 3. Now , of course , this gap is entirely notional .
- 4. While democrats speculate about lesser or notional races , however , the republicans are busy actually campaigning for the big one .
- 5. And whatever huge figure is arrived at will be notional , because no one can afford to pay it , which can invite feelings of helplessness .