notionally
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7.1
- adverb
- /ˈnoʊʃənəli/
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teóricamente
- The budget is notionally balanced, but in reality, we are running a deficit.
- differs merely notionally
- merely notionally
If you're American, you know, we're that in at least in at least notionally, we're equal as as members of a nation, Right.
- If you're American, you know, we're that in at least in at least notionally, we're equal as as members of a nation, Right.
- everything outside is bad guy territory. Notionally, just notionally. And so
Examples
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In a notionally ideal world, everyone would have access to education regardless of their background.
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When Richard Prince appropriates something, he's not stealing art—he's stealing an advertisement and changing it, if only notionally.
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Some people think you can just notionally print or create as much as you need.
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Such expectations should notionally shape the agents' actual behavior in the marketplace.
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They envy those parts of the business that can notionally prove their value on a spreadsheet absolutely down to the last cent.
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In general, the "information" that is conveyed is (notionally) just the value of an index used to select from a list.
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On the central point of my article, the gift of God's love, Lonergan wrote, "this gift we have been describing really is sanctifying grace but notionally differs from it."
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In Method in Theology, Bernard Lonergan described religious experience as a "dynamic state of being in love unrestrictedly," and he suggested that this description differs merely notionally from the traditional idea of "sanctifying grace."
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In terms of the associated international capital flows, notionally, countries in which the return on capital is equal to the global average would be in current account balance; those offering higher returns would be in some degree of external deficit financed by capital inflows, and those offering lower returns would be in external surplus and exporting capital.
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Ultimately, a slice of the entirety of the remainder of society's activities could notionally be apportioned to each energy gathering activity, giving all energy sources an EROEI of 1:110.
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Synonyms
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6.0
An idea that seems right but is not always true in real life
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6.3
To imagine a situation to talk about what might happen
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4.9
According to an idea or rule, but not always true in real life
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4.3
People agree to it in general but details are not decided
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7.0
In a way that uses ideas instead of physical things
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7.4
In a way that deals with ideas rather than real things
In a way that uses a guess because the facts are not known
How Theoretical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Notionally comes from notion ('an idea'), so it means 'in theory' or 'on paper'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of numbers or rights that are counted for calculation but are not actually real in practice.