notional

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

   Near-synonyms: conceptual, fancied, fanciful, ideal

   The idea that a rooster says cock-a-doodle-doo rather than ooh ooh-ooh ooh-ooh is socially conventional even though its sound correspondence is at heart notional.

   being of the nature of a notion or concept

2. Speculative, theoretical, not the result of research.

   This paper proposes a notional Federated Identity Management (FIM) architecture.

   rein gedanklich, theoretisch, spekulativ

3. (Maine)Stubborn.

4. Having descriptive value as opposed to a syntactic category.

5. Used to indicate an estimate or a reference amount

6. (informal)Full of ideas or imaginings.

1. The contract assigned a notional value to the shares.

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2. Edna's freedom was mostly notional, since every choice was controlled by others.

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3. Citizens were granted notional rights, but every request to exercise them was denied.

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4. The regime maintained a notional parliament whose votes were written before the sessions began.

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5. Professor Usop used a notional example to explain the theory.

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