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notion
[ noh-shuhn ]
noun
- a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something:
a notion of how something should be done.
- an opinion, view, or belief:
That's his notion, not mine.
- conception or idea:
his notion of democracy.
- a fanciful or foolish idea; whim:
She had a notion to swim in the winter.
- an ingenious article, device, or contrivance; knickknack.
- notions, small articles, as buttons, thread, ribbon, and other personal items, especially such items displayed together for sale, as in a department store.
notion
/ ˈnəʊʃən /
noun
- a vague idea; impression
- an idea, concept, or opinion
- an inclination or whim
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- notion·less adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Origin of notion1
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Example Sentences
But Brooke was out of step with the New Left and its notion of radical chic.
As Puar further pointed out, this notion of a global gay identity is easily manipulated.
Could you talk a minute about the notion of being an unreliable narrator?
They embraced the notion of a growing America, whose economy could be expanded for the benefit of the majority.
The biggest misfire here, though, was the notion that anyone would believe that this dude looked at all like Prince Harry.
But the Mexican caballeros had no notion of coming up to the scratch a third time.
Although everybody laughed at such a notion, the Worm-eating Warbler declared that he had a right to his own belief.
But I couldn't get rid of the notion that he would hand me out the same dose he had given MacRae if only he had the power.
He had not the least idea what wadding was, and his notion of a bullet was a dockyard cannon-ball bigger than his own head.
Yet, try as I would to strangle the idea, all through the evening the same horrible, unaccountable notion clung to me.
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