notional

no·tion·al  (nsh-nl)

adj.

1. Of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary.

2. Speculative or theoretical.

3. Linguistics Conveying an idea of a thing or of an action; having full lexical meaning as distinguished from relational meaning. The word did is notional in We did the work and relational in We did not agree.

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notion·al·ly adv.

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notional

Adjective

hypothetical, imaginary, or unreal: a notional dividend payment

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	notional - 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" imaginary, fanciful unreal - lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news"
	2.	notional - not based on fact or investigation; "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge" speculative theoretic, theoretical - concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; "theoretical science"
	3.	notional - indulging in or influenced by fancy; "a fanciful mind"; "all the notional vagaries of childhood" fanciful creative, originative - having the ability or power to create; "a creative imagination"
	4.	notional - 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 abstract - existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment; "abstract words like `truth' and `justice'"

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notional

adjective hypothetical, ideal, abstract, theoretical, imaginary, speculative, conceptual, unreal, fanciful << OPPOSITE actual