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noun

Notion n.

Mental apprehension of whatever may be known or imagined; an idea; a conception; more properly, a general or universal conception, as distinguishable or definable by marks or notae. "What hath been generally agreed on, I content myself to assume under the notion of principles." "Few agree in their notions about these words." "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."

A sentiment; an opinion. "The extravagant notion they entertain of themselves." "A perverse will easily collects together a system of notions to justify itself in its obliquity."

Sense; mind. (Obs.)

An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack; as, Yankee notions. (Colloq.)

Inclination; intention; disposition; as, I have a notion to do it. (Colloq.)

Miscellaneous small objects; sundries; usually referring to articles displayed together for sale.

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"Notion" Quotes from Famous Books

... could tear my hair to hear you talk! Honour's a fine imaginary notion, That draws in raw and inexperienced men To real mischiefs, while ...

— Cato - A Tragedy, in Five Acts • Joseph Addison

... not in high favor with her brother that night. He said it was outrageous she should not have been there to receive Mrs. Prescott. When Katie demurred that she would have been less outrageous had she had the slightest notion Mrs. Prescott would be there to be received, it developed that Wayne was further irritated because he had come to take Ann out for a boat ride—and Katie had gone in the boat—heaven only knew where! Then when Katie sought to demolish that irritation with ...

— The Visioning • Susan Glaspell

... like the man that, in spite of dreads not to be concealed from himself, he should be seized as he sped with a notion of the grotesque figure he must present, carrying that improper burden. He must even laugh when he thought of his, austere punctilious maternal aunt, the Baronne de Chenier, and fancied her horror and disgust could she behold her nephew disgracing ...

— Doom Castle • Neil Munro

... notion the general impression of this centre of the city's life was not one of strenuous business activity. It was a continuous interest in small things, a people ever willing to be amused at trifles, refusing to consider serious matters—good-natured, allowing themselves to be ...

— The Octopus • Frank Norris

... there have been others since, but they don't deceive George Catcott, who is always thinking of him, having the notion that there never was a poet like him since Shakespeare. He is making a mistake now in rushing into politics in the Middlesex Journal. He sends Catcott the papers. What will Lord Hillsborough or the Lord Mayor care for all his violent reproaches ...

— Bristol Bells - A Story of the Eighteenth Century • Emma Marshall

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