Notion
['nəʊʃ(ə)n] or ['noʃən]
Definition
(noun.) (usually plural) small personal articles or clothing or sewing items; 'buttons and needles are notions'.
(noun.) a general inclusive concept.
(noun.) an odd or fanciful or capricious idea; 'the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories'; 'he had a whimsy about flying to the moon'; 'whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it'.
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Definition
(-) Mental apprehension of whatever may be known or imagined; an idea; a conception; more properly, a general or universal conception, as distinguishable or definable by marks or notae.
(-) A sentiment; an opinion.
(-) Sense; mind.
(-) An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack; as, Yankee notions.
(-) Inclination; intention; disposition; as, I have a notion to do it.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Conception, concept, universal idea, general or universal conception.[2]. Opinion, sentiment, apprehension, judgment, belief, view, impression, estimation, conceit, conviction.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Apprehension, idea, conception, judgment, opinion, belief, expectation,sentiment
ANT:Misapprehension, falsification, misbelief, misjudgment, frustration,misconception
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Definition
n. the art of forming a conception in the mind of the various marks or qualities of an object: the result of this act a conception: opinion: belief: judgment: a caprice or whim: any small article ingeniously devised or invented usually in pl.—adj. Nō′tional of the nature of a notion: ideal: fanciful.—adv. Nō′tionally in notion or mental apprehension: in idea not in reality.—n. Nō′tionist one who holds ungrounded opinions.
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Examples
- The same notion lies imbedded in the phrase: government must serve the people. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Bella asked him, had he any notion who that unknown friend might be? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I am sure if I had had a notion of it, I would not have joked her about it for all my money. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- They 's 'spectable folks enough in a kinder plain way; but, as to gettin' up anything in style, they don't begin to have a notion on 't. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- My old notion of screening the girl, if I could, seemed to have come back on me again, at the eleventh hour. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I had always had a notion that something would happen to me at the quicksand. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- For as to the notion of external existence, when taken for something specially different from our perceptions [Part. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Here Mr. Brooke looked at Celia--You've no notion what it is, you know. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I cannot remember the time when I did not know a great deal that she has not the least notion of yet. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- She was almost ready now to think Celia wiser than herself, and was really wondering with some fear what her wrong notion was. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- And the first six months passed away pretty easily, old Sedley still keeping up with the notion that his shares must rise and that all would be well. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You said he had an uncommon notion of stock, and a good eye for things. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Poor bewildered statesmen, unused to any notion of change, have seen the national life grow to a monstrous confusion and sprout monstrous evils by the way. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Besides, you have got a wrong notion in your head as usual, Dodo--I can see that: it vexes me. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Had no notion who he was. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Yes, he said, I think that he would rather suffer anything than entertain these false notions and live in this miserable manner. Plato. The Republic.
- Their notions relating to the duties of parents and children differ extremely from ours. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Yes, indeed, he said: according to present notions the proposal would be thought ridiculous. Plato. The Republic.
- What original notions you clever men have! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Wal, boys, the best way is to give him the flogging to do, till he gets over his notions. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- We set out as if we knew; we act on the notions of man that we possess. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- And it might lead to mistaken notions, you see, my dear. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Strange notions, has he? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Oh, if you are for high notions and double-refined sentiment, I've naught to say. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Yet I am not certain that she would refuse him if she thought he would let her manage everything and carry out all her notions. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But this is a secondary consideration, and dependent on the preceding notions of justice and property. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- It describes a sensation in your little nose associated with certain finicking notions which are the classics of Mrs. Lemon's school. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He thought it absurd, after he had reformed, and altered, and improved everywhere, to suit my notions, that I still remained unsatisfied. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Mr Wrayburn encourages those notions to make himself of importance, and so she thinks she ought to be grateful to him, and perhaps even likes to be. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- They say, too, that Clym Yeobright is become a real perusing man, with the strangest notions about things. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Editor: Rae