OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 32843

notional

/ˈnəʊʃənəl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
nocional
Of, containing, or being a notion; mental or imaginary.
Near-synonyms: conceptual, fancied, fanciful, ideal
The idea that a rooster says cock-a-doodle-doo rather than ooh ooh-ooh ooh-ooh is socially conventional even though its sound correspondence is at heart notional.