Nominal
['nɒmɪn(ə)l] or ['nɑmɪnl]
Definition
(adj.) existing in name only; 'the nominal (or titular) head of his party' .
(adj.) insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal); 'the fee was nominal'; 'a token gesture of resistance'; 'a toknenish gesture' .
(adj.) of, relating to, or characteristic of an amount that is not adjusted for inflation; 'the nominal GDP'; 'nominal interest rates' .
(adj.) pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun; 'nominal phrase'; 'noun phrase' .
(adj.) relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name; 'the Russian system of nominal brevity'; 'a nominal lists of priests'; 'taxable males as revealed by the nominal rolls' .
Checker: Shari--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to a name or names; having to do with the literal meaning of a word; verbal; as, a nominal definition.
(a.) Existing in name only; not real; as, a nominal difference.
(n.) A nominalist.
(n.) A verb formed from a noun.
(n.) A name; an appellation.
Checker: Wyatt
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Titular, not real, only in name.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Trifling, suppositious, ostensible, professed, pretended, formal
ANT:Real, deep, serious, important, grave, substantial, actual, intrinsic,veritable, essential
Checker: Sumner
Definition
adj. pertaining to a name: existing only in name: having a name.—ns. Nom′inalism the doctrine that general terms have no corresponding reality either in or out of the mind being mere words; Nom′inalist one of a sect of philosophers who held the doctrine of nominalism.—adj. Nominalist′ic pertaining to nominalism.—adv. Nom′inally.
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Examples
- But in 1562, the year at which he ends with it, it contained no more than the same nominal sum does at present. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Thompson moved light and had no fixed place for even nominal headquarters. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The mind wanders from the nominal subject and devotes itself to what is intrinsically more desirable. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- General Scott left the country, and never after had more than the nominal command of the army until early in 1861. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The labourer is rich or poor, is well or ill rewarded, in proportion to the real, not to the nominal price of his labour. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- At the same time and place, the real and the nominal price of all commodities are exactly in proportion to one another. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It is not the real, but the nominal price of corn, which can in any considerable degree be affected by the bounty. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- What is called bank money, is always of more value than the same nominal sum of common currency. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This nominal sum, therefore, is necessarily higher when the coin is much debased by clipping and wearing, than when near to its standard value. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This possession--its proudest and most prized--had for years been nominal only. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- This degradation, both in the real and nominal value of wool, could never have happened in consequence of the natural course of things. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- For a time natural leadership and nominal position coincided, and the administration became in a measure a real sovereignty. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The nominal value of all sorts of goods would be greater, but their real value would be precisely the same as before. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Miss Ginevra's school-studies were little better than nominal; there were but three things she practised in earnest, viz. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- It is their real price; money is their nominal price only. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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