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notional

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notional in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. being of the nature of a notion or concept
    "a plan abstract and conceptional"; "to improve notional comprehension"; "a notional response to the question"
    conceptional  ideational  notional 
  2. indulging in or influenced by fancy
    "a fanciful mind"; "all the notional vagaries of childhood"
    fanciful  notional 
  3. not based on fact; unreal
    "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt; "a small child's imaginary friends"; "to create a notional world for oneself"
    fanciful  imaginary  notional 
  4. not based on fact or investigation
    "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge"
    notional  speculative 
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