Definitions for notional

(not based on fact; unreal; "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt; "a small child's imaginary friends"; "to create a notional world for oneself")

(not based on fact or investigation; "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge")

(indulging in or influenced by fancy; "a fanciful mind"; "all the notional vagaries of childhood")

(being of the nature of a notion or concept; "a plan abstract and conceptional"; "to improve notional comprehension"; "a notional response to the question")