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/ˈnəʊʃən/ · noun
Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept..
1705-1715, George Cheyne, The Philosophical Principles of Religion Natural and Revealed there are few that agree in their Notions about them:.
What hath been generally agreed on, I content myself to assume under the notion of principles.
That notion of hunger, cold, sound, color, thought, wish, or fear which is in the mind, is called the "idea" of hunger, cold, etc.
Notion, again, signifies either the act of apprehending, signalizing, that is, the remarking or taking note of, the various notes, marks, or characters of an object which its qualities afford, or the result of that act.
December 2, 1832, John Henry Newman, Wilfulness, the Sin of Saul A perverse will easily collects together a system of notions to justify itself in its obliquity.
The extravagant notion they entertain of themselves.
“Anthea hasn't a notion in her head but to vamp a lot of silly mugwumps. She's set her heart on that tennis bloke[…]whom the papers are making such a fuss about.”
Who wrought with them, and all things else that might / To half a soul and to a notion crazed / Say, 'Thus did Banquo.'
Use notion when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Notion means Mental apprehension of whatever may be known, thought, or imagined; idea, concept..
Common synonyms include feeling, belief, impression, whim.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1705-1715, George Cheyne, The Philosophical Principles of Religion Natural and Revealed there are few that agree in their Notions about them:.
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