Notional
adjective
Existing only in theory or as a suggestion or idea, but not in reality.
The notional earnings of a company were far higher than its actual profits.
Often appears as...
- notional value
- notional amount
adjective
Intended or existing only in theory or design, not in reality.
The notional requirements of the project never materialized into actual work.
Often appears as...
- notional concept
- notional plan
adjective
Relating to, measuring, or measured by the amount of something, rather than its quality or nature.
The notional rent of the property was calculated based on square footage.
Often appears as...
- notional rent
- notional cost
adjective
Existing only in theory or as a suggestion or idea, but not in reality.
The notional earnings of a company were far higher than its actual profits.
Often appears as...
- notional value
- notional amount
adjective
Intended or existing only in theory or design, not in reality.
The notional requirements of the project never materialized into actual work.
Often appears as...
- notional concept
- notional plan
adjective
Relating to, measuring, or measured by the amount of something, rather than its quality or nature.
The notional rent of the property was calculated based on square footage.
Often appears as...
- notional rent
- notional cost
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3In Theory
Use 'notional' for ideas that exist mainly in the mind, without real-world results.
Her notional business plan lacked concrete steps.
Pro Tip 2/3Optimistic Scenarios
'Notional' often describes overly optimistic situations or numbers not yet realized.
The project's notional success didn't account for market changes.
Pro Tip 3/3Contrast with Actual
When comparing 'notional' and 'actual', we contrast what's theoretical vs. what's actual.
The company's notional profits were impressive, but the actual figures were disappointing.
Pro Tip 1/3In Theory
Use 'notional' for ideas that exist mainly in the mind, without real-world results.
Her notional business plan lacked concrete steps.
Pro Tip 2/3Optimistic Scenarios
'Notional' often describes overly optimistic situations or numbers not yet realized.
The project's notional success didn't account for market changes.
Pro Tip 3/3Contrast with Actual
When comparing 'notional' and 'actual', we contrast what's theoretical vs. what's actual.
The company's notional profits were impressive, but the actual figures were disappointing.
Pro Tip 1/3In Theory
Use 'notional' for ideas that exist mainly in the mind, without real-world results.
Her notional business plan lacked concrete steps.
Pro Tip 2/3Optimistic Scenarios
'Notional' often describes overly optimistic situations or numbers not yet realized.
The project's notional success didn't account for market changes.
Pro Tip 3/3Contrast with Actual
When comparing 'notional' and 'actual', we contrast what's theoretical vs. what's actual.
The company's notional profits were impressive, but the actual figures were disappointing.
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Quote examples
Faith Salie
American Journalist
I've always wanted, notionally, to be a mother. And I was certain I would be, because everyone I know, gay or straight, married or single, rich or not so much, who truly wants to have a child figures out a way, some way, to have one - whether through adoption, fostering, surrogacy, fertility, accident, or persistence.
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Tom Stoppard
English Dramatist
The notion that the 'leader' has the right to ask huge sacrifices of your generation for a notional future paradise - if you'd be good enough to lie down under the wheels of the juggernaut - that sentimental and self-aggrandising rationalisation for brute force and cowardice I felt from adolescence was wrong.
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Luke Harding
British Journalist
Notionally a left-wing movement, the Anti-Germans were born after the collapse of the Berlin wall. While most Germans rejoiced at the end of the Cold War, the Anti-Germans feared that a united Germany might lead to a fourth Reich - and a return of anti-Semitism.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates
American Journalist
To Trump, whiteness is neither notional nor symbolic but the very core of his power. In this, Trump is not singular. But whereas his forebears carried whiteness like an ancestral talisman, Trump cracked the glowing amulet open, releasing its eldritch energies.
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John Wesley
English Clergyman
I know that I had not faith, unless the faith of a devil, the faith of Judas, that speculative, notional, airy shadow, which lives in the head, not in the heart. But what is this to the living, justifying faith, the faith that cleanses from sin?
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Chanda Kochhar
Indian Businesswoman
Mark-to-market losses are not real loss. It's a notional loss. What we can monitor is the credit quality of the underlying papers. Are the companies paying interest on time? Is there any deterioration in the credit quality of these companies?
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Ben Elton
British Comedian
The earth only has so much bounty to offer and inventing ever larger and more notional prices for that bounty does not change its real value.
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Simon Beaufoy
British Writer
There isn't a more important issue in the world than global warming. Even the Cold War and the Bay of Pigs crisis were a notional threat.
Quote examples
Chanda Kochhar
Indian Businesswoman
Mark-to-market losses are not real loss. It's a notional loss.
Quote examples
Faith Salie
American Journalist
I've always wanted, notionally, to be a mother. And I was certain I would be, because everyone I know, gay or straight, married or single, rich or not so much, who truly wants to have a child figures out a way, some way, to have one - whether through adoption, fostering, surrogacy, fertility, accident, or persistence.
Quote examples
Tom Stoppard
English Dramatist
The notion that the 'leader' has the right to ask huge sacrifices of your generation for a notional future paradise - if you'd be good enough to lie down under the wheels of the juggernaut - that sentimental and self-aggrandising rationalisation for brute force and cowardice I felt from adolescence was wrong.
Quote examples
Luke Harding
British Journalist
Notionally a left-wing movement, the Anti-Germans were born after the collapse of the Berlin wall. While most Germans rejoiced at the end of the Cold War, the Anti-Germans feared that a united Germany might lead to a fourth Reich - and a return of anti-Semitism.
Quote examples
Ta-Nehisi Coates
American Journalist
To Trump, whiteness is neither notional nor symbolic but the very core of his power. In this, Trump is not singular. But whereas his forebears carried whiteness like an ancestral talisman, Trump cracked the glowing amulet open, releasing its eldritch energies.
Quote examples
John Wesley
English Clergyman
I know that I had not faith, unless the faith of a devil, the faith of Judas, that speculative, notional, airy shadow, which lives in the head, not in the heart. But what is this to the living, justifying faith, the faith that cleanses from sin?
Quote examples
Chanda Kochhar
Indian Businesswoman
Mark-to-market losses are not real loss. It's a notional loss. What we can monitor is the credit quality of the underlying papers. Are the companies paying interest on time? Is there any deterioration in the credit quality of these companies?
Quote examples
Ben Elton
British Comedian
The earth only has so much bounty to offer and inventing ever larger and more notional prices for that bounty does not change its real value.
Quote examples
Simon Beaufoy
British Writer
There isn't a more important issue in the world than global warming. Even the Cold War and the Bay of Pigs crisis were a notional threat.
Quote examples
Chanda Kochhar
Indian Businesswoman
Mark-to-market losses are not real loss. It's a notional loss.
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