notionalreasoning
nounUK /ˈnəʊʃənl ˈriːzənɪŋ/
US /ˈnoʊʃənl ˈriːzənɪŋ/
Thinking about ideas in your head instead of things you can see or touch.
The teacher asked the children to use notionalreasoning to imagine what life would be like on the moon.
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2. Reasoning based on something imagined or assumed rather than proven.
His plan rested on notionalreasoning about customers who might never exist.
3. In law, reasoning about an amount or value that is estimated rather than exact.
The court used notionalreasoning to set a fair price for the damaged goods.
4. Thinking that stays in the world of ideas and does not lead to action.
Her notionalreasoning about saving money never turned into an actual budget.