notional
adjective
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noun
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adverb
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abstract, conceptual, ideal, ideational, metaphysical, theoretical (also theoretic)
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Meanwhile, the Democratic debate on immigration had headed down another, somewhat more notional path, toward the possibility of decriminalization. — Benjamin Wallace-wells, The New Yorker, "How Beto O’Rourke and Julián Castro Respond to Trump’s War on Immigrants," 7 Aug. 2019 For example, the price of the CRMW insuring investors against default of a bond sold by cement producer Hongshi Group Co. was 0.61% of the notional principal. — Bloomberg.com, "A Near Default in China Gives Bond Hedging Sellers Jitters," 3 June 2019 Despite the notional pledge that the Reserve will only hold the most conservative instruments, Christiansen finds this structure deeply problematic. — David Z. Morris, Fortune, "Facebook’s Libra Currency Could Threaten the Global Financial System. Here’s How," 18 July 2019 Here then was a hardworking, readymade look, an identifying aesthetic with a notional connection to virtues of self-sufficiency, sustainability, the wild, and, if not out-and-out Luddism, at least an appreciation of analog competence. — Jonny Diamond, Longreads, "Lumbersexuality, a Sport and a Pastime," 8 June 2019 Four soldiers quickly become just two and a new notional tank armed with an autocannon, two machine guns, and a brace of anti-tank missiles appears out of thin air to wrap itself around the pair. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "This Crazy Ad for an Israeli Future Tank Is Something Else," 12 Mar. 2019 The idea was originally the notional musing of a colleague, but Earl elevated it, making the fin the highlight of the 1948 Cadillac. — Patrick Cooke, WSJ, "‘Fins’ Review: Chrome-Age Technology," 16 Nov. 2018 Two years ago, the idea of cooperating with Trump on his notional desire for a massive infrastructure bill was the leading alternative concept to resistance. — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, "The lesson of the midterms: resistance works," 7 Nov. 2018 Today, the notional value of weather futures and options traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange is approximately $362 million, according to a CME spokesman. — Jo Craven Mcginty, WSJ, "How Do Energy Companies Measure the Temperature? Not in Fahrenheit or Celsius," 14 Sep. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'notional.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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