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A vague hunch dressed up in fancy clothes, pretending it knew the answer all along.
means A notion is an idea, belief, or impulse — often a loose or half-formed one — that crosses your mind.
from From Latin notio, meaning 'a becoming acquainted, a concept,' built on notus, 'known' (the past participle of noscere, 'to know') — the same family that gives us 'notice' and 'note.' So a notion is, quite literally, a thing you've come to know, even if only barely. It entered English in the late 1500s as a term of philosophy and logic before relaxing into everyday vagueness.
- old meaning
- Once meant a small useful trinket sold by peddlers
- sewing aisle
- Buttons and thread are still called notions
- philosophy roots
- Locke used it to mean ideas not from senses
- app fame
- Now a billion-dollar productivity app stole the word