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notional (iou)



notional adjective. LME.
[French notional, -el or medieval Latin notionalis, formed as NOTION: see -AL1.]
I.
Of or pertaining to a notion or idea, (of a word etc.) abstract. LME.
b. Grammar. Of or pertaining to semantic content as opp. to grammatical structure or behaviour. M19.
Of knowledge etc.: purely speculative; not based on fact or demonstration. L16.
Existing only in thought; imaginary. E17.
G. Berkeley All things that exist, exist only in the mind, that is, they are purely notional. Times Literary Supplement Thackeray's narrative persona addresses a notional reader.
Hypothetical; for the purposes of a particular interpretation or theory. M20.
Times The appointment is for one notional half-day a week. Accountant A company..will be able to obtain relief..on a notional figure.
II. Of a person.
Given to abstract or fanciful speculation; holding merely speculative views. M17-L18.
Full of fancies, whims, or caprices. L18.
Inclined to think. US. E19.
? In isolated use before L16.
notionalist noun (now rare) a speculative thinker, a theorist L17.
notionality noun (a) the fact, state, or condition of being notional; (b) a notional or imaginary thing: M17-E19.
notionally adverb in a notional fashion; speculatively, hypothetically, theoretically: M17.