notional: Meaning and Definition of

no•tion•al

1. pertaining to or expressing a notion or idea.
2. of the nature of a notion or idea: a notional response to the question.
3. abstract, theoretical, or speculative, as reflective thought.
4. not real or actual; ideal or imaginary: to create a notional world for oneself.
5. given to or full of foolish or fanciful ideas or moods.
1. relating to the meaning expressed by a linguistic form.
2. having full lexical meaning, in contrast to relational.
7. belonging to a class of words that express clear concepts rather than relations between concepts; presentive. Cf.(def. 3),(def. 4).