Notion ˈnəʊʃn I Political System Based Vague Problem

• a political system based on the notions of equality and liberty
• she had only a vague notion of what might happen.
• he has no notion of the difficulty of the problem.
• the author challenges preconceived notions of storytelling.

notion

1. an idea, a belief or an understanding of something
• a political system based on the notions of equality and liberty
• She had only a vague notion of what might happen.
• He has no notion of the difficulty of the problem.
• The author challenges preconceived notions of storytelling.
• She dismissed the very notion of compromise.
• I have to reject the notion that greed can be a good thing.
• I haven't the faintest notion how to get there.
• I don't have any romantic notions about rural living.

Extra Examples

• He was committed to the notion of tolerance.
• He's got some vague notion that people will be queuing up to finance the project.
• There seems to be a general notion that nothing can be done about the problem.
• They have come to reject the traditional notion of womanhood.
• They refused to entertain the notion.
• We must dispel this notion that you can rely on the state for everything.
• I had only the vaguest notion of what he was like.
• Our political system is based on notions of justice and equality.
• They were not familiar with the notion that women should have equal status with men.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Latin notio(n-) ‘idea’, from notus ‘known’, past participle of noscere.