notion
noh shuhn
- n a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
- n a general inclusive concept
- n an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories - n (usually plural) small personal articles or clothing or sewing items
buttons and needles are notions
- PTI, founded on the notion that a surplus of news existed which had to be licked into usable shape, felt no need to gather its own news until the 1930s.
- Given the foot traffic on a sleepy brownstone block, the notion of ABC paying people to stealth-advertise the show this way doesn't seem like the greatest idea.
- She overturned traditional notions of what it meant to be a Chinese woman.