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Consisting of, or conveying, notions or ideas; expressing abstract conceptions.

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  1. a. Consisting of, or conveying, notions or ideas; expressing abstract conceptions.
  2. a. Existing in idea only; visionary; whimsical.
  3. a. Given to foolish or visionary expectations; whimsical; fanciful; as, a notional man.
  4. adj. not based on fact; existing only in the imagination
  5. adj. not based on fact or investigation
  6. adj. indulging in or influenced by fancy
  7. adj. being of the nature of a notion or concept
  8. 1. Consisting of, or conveying, notions or ideas; expressing abstract conceptions. 2. Existing in idea only; visionary; whimsical. Discourses of speculative and notional things. Evelyn. 3. Given to foolish or visionary expectations; whimsical; fanciful; as, a notional man.
  9. j:100 s. not based on fact or investigation