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notional

[noh-shuh-nl] / ˈnoʊ ʃə nl /
ADJECTIVE
imaginary
Synonyms
WEAK
abstract apocryphal apparitional assumed chimeric chimerical conceptual deceptive delusive dreamed-up dreamlike dreamy fabulous fancied fanciful fantastic fantastical fictional figmental fool's paradise hallucinatory hypothetical ideal illusive illusory imaginative imagined legendary made-up mythological nonexistent phantasmal phantasmic quixotic shadowy spectral supposed supposititious theoretical trumped-up unreal unsubstantial visionary whimsical

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Anthropic’s dispute with the government is more than “just notional or just symbolic,” he said, and carries real risk for the company.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

“While overall average daily net notional moderated in February, the intensity of dip-buying actually increased.”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026

Note: Figures are based on the price of each contract traded, instead of notional value of $1 per contract.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026

Lyon's three wickets in 20 deliveries – he also bowled Harry Brook and Ben Stokes – left England 207-6 chasing a notional target of 435.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

In order to give particles any mass at all we have to introduce the notional Higgs boson; whether it actually exists is a matter for twenty-first-century physics.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson