very notion
collocation in Englishmeaningsofveryandnotion
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very
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈver.i/us/ˈver.i/
(used to add emphasis to a noun) exact ...
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notion
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈnəʊ.ʃən/us/ˈnoʊ.ʃən/
a belief ...
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(Definition ofveryandnotionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofvery notion
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Theverynotionof destroying something, however, presupposes that it exists.
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Theverynotionof a receptacle was obnoxious to the colonial officials.
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But this also implies that theverynotionof incumbent defeat is dependent on voter rejection of the national status quo.
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In this environment theverynotionof a transhistorical standard of measurement struck a different chord.
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The course also challenges the students'verynotionof book and text, especially relevant in today's ever-changing technological environment.
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Besides, theverynotionof the author is brought into question.
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It was a mechanical, but non-reductionist approach to cognition, for theverynotionof "mechanical" has been reconfigured in the postindustrial era.
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Towers is appalled at theverynotionof being rejected in favor of someone whom he deems as less than a man.
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The nation states have now surrendered many of their own powers, and theverynotionof sovereignty has been greatly weakened, both internally and externally.
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The discussion includes a refreshing acknowledgement that theverynotionof music-as-communication is questionable.
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Yet thisverynotionunderlies much contemporary research using "race" or ethnicity.
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Not only are evaluation, update and explanation defined in this way but also is theverynotionof dependency.
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Consequently, theverynotionof a fundamental, qualitative difference between the inner and the outer element is invalid to begin with.
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But, irrespective of misspecification, theverynotionof 'true model' does not make more sense than the notion of map of scale one.
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In addition, it was used in a period of rapid change and transformation that directly challenged theverynotionof stability.
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The naturalist may deny that there is any such thing or even claim that theverynotionof the supernatural is incoherent.
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It means reinterpreting theverynotionof clientelism, which is usually dismissed as a relic of the past and an obstacle to change.
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There is a case for scepticism about theverynotionof optimality in the sphere of decision-making.
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Here we meet with theverynotionof the complexity of an algorithm.
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