late 14c., from Latin notionem (nominative notio) "concept, conception, idea, notice," noun of action from past participle stem of noscere "come to know" (see know). Coined by Cicero as a loan-translation of Greek ennoia "act of thinking, notion, conception," or prolepsis "previous notion, previous conception."
例文
1. The notion that art should be controlled by intellectuals sickened him.
彼は芸術が知識人に支配されるべきだという観点を嫌っている。
2.The very notion of price competition is foreign to many schools.
価格競争という概念は多くの学校ではなじみがない。
3.Their relationship turned the standard notion of marriage on its head.
彼らの関係は伝統的な結婚観を完全に覆した。
4.This is not a romantic notion but verifiable fact.
これは非現実的な考えではなく、証明できる事実です。
5.They have always looked askance at the western notion of democracy.