notion

[ˈnoʊʃn]

Definition:
1. An idea, a belief or an understanding of something.
2. A vague idea in which some confidence is placed.
3. A general inclusive concept.
4. An odd or fanciful or capricious idea.

Use 'notion' in a sentence:

1. Before I started the job, I had no preconceived notions of what it would be like.
2. She had only a vague notion of what might happen.
3. We all start with preconceived notions of what we want from life.
4. Good studies are needed to lend credence to the notion that genuine progress can be made in this important field.
5. Their view of country people was that they like to please strangers. I did not disabuse them of this notion.
6. I still believe in the notion of an egalitarian society.
7. The very notion of price competition is foreign to many schools.
8. An employee sold him on the notion that cable was the medium of the future.
9. She has these airy-fairy notions about going about to nature and growing all her own food.
10. Isaac Asimov evaded the whole notion of morality in devising his three laws of robotics.
11. The notions we children were able to form of the great world beyond were exceedingly nebulous.
12. "That notion is not concrete enough, and it blurs two key components of hope," Doctor Snyder said.
13. His sensibilities were offended by this notion.
14. At first I scoffed at the notion.
15. The President is attempting to dispel the notion that he has neglected the economy.
16. The notion of parallel worlds is inherent in your work, with dual story strands and different incarnations of certain characters.
17. The president is attempting to dispel the notion that he has neglected the economy.
18. In many cases, the architectural style of the building further reinforces that notion.
19. This notion is induced by the bias in its representation in museums and heritage centres.
20. Their relationship turned the standard notion of marriage on its head.
21. I didn't want to make things worse by coming up with half-baked notions.
22. The development of self-consciousness and the notion of individual identity were critical parts of the neurobiological changes that made us human.
23. I'd had a few notions about being a journalist.
24. Bailyn holds that, contrary to the notion that used to flourish in America history textbooks, there was never a typical New World community.
25. He aired his notions at a public meeting in a newspaper.
26. This notion, the flexibility hypothesis, many of my colleagues find it quite persuasive.
27. Where he got that singular notion I just can't think.
28. That ain't no bad notion, Tom!
29. The notion that art should be controlled by intellectuals sickened him.
30. The notion that animals can weep has no scientific basis.
31. I have to reject the notion that greed can be a good thing.
32. Some people have the erroneous notion that one can contract AIDS by giving blood.
33. "Lads," he cried to his crew, "now here's a notion."
34. How could such a stupid notion, an encyclopedia written by anyone and everyone, ever work?
35. It might be considered heresy to suggest such a notion.
36. I reject absolutely the notion that privatization of our industry is now inevitable.
37. I reject absolutely the notion that privatisation of our industry is now inevitable.
38. He had a sudden notion to visit all his relatives.
39. We each have a notion of just what kind of person we'd like to be.
40. The notion that blacks comprise a problem is at the core of racist reasoning.
41. They have always looked askance at the western notion of democracy.
42. I'll admit spring cleaning is a difficult notion for modern families to grasp.
43. They espoused the notion of equal opportunity for all in education.
44. For a time he had toyed with the notion of becoming a doctor.
45. We also need to abandon the notion that agriculture can be "zero impact".
46. This is not a romantic notion but verifiable fact.
47. I don't have any romantic notions about having a baby. It's a really tough job.