2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Notion \No"tion\, [L. notio, fr noscere to know: cf F. notion.
See {Know}.]
1. Mental apprehension of whatever may be known or imagined;
an idea; a conception; more properly, a general or
universal conception, as distinguishable or definable by
marks or not[ae].
What hath been generally agreed on I content myself
to assume under the notion of principles. --Sir I.
Newton.
Few agree in their notions about these words
--Cheyne.
That notion of hunger, cold, sound, color, thought,
wish, or fear which is in the mind, is called the
``idea'' of hunger, cold, etc --I. Watts.
Notion, again signifies either the act of
apprehending, signalizing, that is the remarking or
taking note of the various notes, marks, or
characters of an object which its qualities afford,
or the result of that act --Sir W.
Hamilton.
2. A sentiment; an opinion.
The extravagant notion they entertain of themselves.
--Addison.
A perverse will easily collects together a system of
notions to justify itself in its obliquity. --J. H.
Newman.
3. Sense mind. [Obs.] --Shak.
4. An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack; as
Yankee notions. [Colloq.]
5. Inclination; intention; disposition; as I have a notion
to do it [Colloq.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
notion
n 1: a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his
impression of her was favorable"; "what are your
feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief
in his sincerity" [syn: {impression}, {feeling}, {belief}]
2: a general inclusive concept
3: a whimsical idea; "the theatrical notion of disguise is
associated with disaster in his stories" [syn: {whim}, {whimsy},
{whimsey}]
4: small personal or clothing or sewing items: "buttons and
needles are notions" [syn: {notions}]
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