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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (4)

1. not based on fact; unreal;
- Example: "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt
- Example: "a small child's imaginary friends"
- Example: "to create a notional world for oneself"
[syn: fanciful, imaginary, notional]

2. not based on fact or investigation;
- Example: "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"
- Example: "speculative knowledge"
[syn: notional, speculative]

3. indulging in or influenced by fancy;
- Example: "a fanciful mind"
- Example: "all the notional vagaries of childhood"
[syn: fanciful, notional]

4. being of the nature of a notion or concept;
- Example: "a plan abstract and conceptional"
- Example: "to improve notional comprehension"
- Example: "a notional response to the question"
[syn: conceptional, ideational, notional]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Notional \No"tion*al\, a.
   1. Consisting of, or conveying, notions or ideas; expressing
      abstract conceptions.
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   2. Existing in idea only; visionary; whimsical.
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            Discourses of speculative and notional things.
                                                  --Evelyn.
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   3. Given to foolish or visionary expectations; whimsical;
      fanciful; as, a notional man.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

notional
    adj 1: 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" [syn: fanciful, imaginary, notional]
    2: not based on fact or investigation; "a notional figure of
       cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative
       knowledge" [syn: notional, speculative]
    3: indulging in or influenced by fancy; "a fanciful mind"; "all
       the notional vagaries of childhood" [syn: fanciful,
       notional]
    4: being of the nature of a notion or concept; "a plan abstract
       and conceptional"; "to improve notional comprehension"; "a
       notional response to the question" [syn: conceptional,
       ideational, notional]