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(satellite adjective) not based on fact or investigation; "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge" |
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Synonyms: speculative |
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(adjective) (grammar) having descriptive value as distinguished from syntactic category; "sex is a notional category; gender is a syntactic one" |
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(satellite adjective) indulging in or influenced by fancy; "a fanciful mind"; "all the notional vagaries of childhood" |
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Synonyms: fanciful |
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(satellite adjective) 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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Synonyms: conceptional, ideational |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: fanciful, imaginary, imagined |
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