notionalist
(ˈnəʊʃənəlɪst)
[f. prec. + -ist.]
A speculative thinker; a theorist.
| a 1677 Manton Serm. Ps. cxix. cvi. 100 A young practiser hath more understanding than an ancient notionalist. 1716 M. Davies Athen. Brit. III. Diss. Physick 25 The Counterfeit Jew-Physical Notionalists be Pseudo-Salmon, Pseudo-Maria [etc.]. 1831 Edin. Rev. LIII. 529 No notionalist..can be so practically insane, as to see an abstract right or wrong in any particular combination of political powers. |