notional

 
Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊʃ(ə)n(ə)l/

adjective

  • 1existing as or based on a suggestion, estimate, or theory; not existing in reality: notional budgets for hospital and community health services
  • 2 Linguistics denoting or relating to an approach to grammar which is dependent on the definition of terminology (e.g. ‘a verb is a doing word’) as opposed to identification of structures and processes.

Derivatives

notionally

adverb

Origin:

late Middle English (in the Latin sense): from obsolete French, or from medieval Latin notionalis 'relating to an idea', from notio(n-) 'idea' (see notion)