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notional notional definition

notional


 
  Overview  of  adj  notional 
 
  The  adj  notional  has  5  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  notional  --  ((grammar)  having  descriptive  value  as  distinguished  from  syntactic  category;  "sex  is  a  notional  category;  gender  is  a  syntactic  one") 
  2.  fanciful,  imaginary,  imagined,  notional  --  (not  based  on  fact  dubious;  "the  falsehood  about  some  fanciful  secret  treaties"-  F.D.Roosevelt;  "a  small  child's  imaginary  friends";  "her  imagined  fame";  "to  create  a  notional  world  for  oneself") 
  3.  notional,  speculative  --  (not  based  on  fact  or  investigation;  "a  notional  figure  of  cost  helps  in  determining  production  costs";  "speculative  knowledge") 
  4.  fanciful,  notional  --  (indulging  in  or  influenced  by  fancy;  "a  fanciful  mind";  "all  the  notional  vagaries  of  childhood") 
  5.  conceptional,  ideational,  notional  --  (being  or  of  the  nature  of  a  notion  or  concept;  "a  plan  abstract  and  conceptional";  "to  improve  notional  comprehension";  "a  notional  response  to  the  question") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  notional 
 
  4  of  5  senses  of  notional 
 
  Sense  2 
  fanciful,  imaginary,  imagined,  notional 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unreal)  ->  real,  existent 
 
  Sense  3 
  notional,  speculative 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  theoretical)  ->  empirical 
 
  Sense  4 
  fanciful,  notional 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  creative)  ->  uncreative 
 
  Sense  5 
  conceptional,  ideational,  notional 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  abstract)  ->  concrete 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  notional 
 
  5  senses  of  notional 
 
  Sense  1 
  notional 
  Pertains  to  noun  notion  (Sense  2) 
  =>notion 
  =>  concept,  conception,  construct 
 
  Sense  2 
  fanciful,  imaginary,  imagined,  notional 
  =>  unreal  (vs.  real) 
 
  Sense  3 
  notional,  speculative 
  =>  theoretical  (vs.  empirical),  theoretic 
 
  Sense  4 
  fanciful,  notional 
  =>  creative  (vs.  uncreative),  originative 
 
  Sense  5 
  conceptional,  ideational,  notional 
  =>  abstract  (vs.  concrete) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  notional 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  notional 
 
  notional  used  as  an  adjective  is  common  (polysemy  count  =  5) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  notional 
  notional 
 
  Overview  of  adj  notional 
 
  The  adj  notional  has  5  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  notional  --  ((grammar)  having  descriptive  value  as  distinguished  from  syntactic  category;  "sex  is  a  notional  category;  gender  is  a  syntactic  one") 
  2.  fanciful,  imaginary,  imagined,  notional  --  (not  based  on  fact  dubious;  "the  falsehood  about  some  fanciful  secret  treaties"-  F.D.Roosevelt;  "a  small  child's  imaginary  friends";  "her  imagined  fame";  "to  create  a  notional  world  for  oneself") 
  3.  notional,  speculative  --  (not  based  on  fact  or  investigation;  "a  notional  figure  of  cost  helps  in  determining  production  costs";  "speculative  knowledge") 
  4.  fanciful,  notional  --  (indulging  in  or  influenced  by  fancy;  "a  fanciful  mind";  "all  the  notional  vagaries  of  childhood") 
  5.  conceptional,  ideational,  notional  --  (being  or  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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