Sentence examples for notional unity from inspiring English sources

When its founding president, Sukarno, proclaimed its independence, the author notes, "he was liberating a nation that didn't really exist, imposing a notional unity on a ragbag of islands that had only a veneer of shared history, and little common culture": 13,466 islands with over 360 ethnic groups, speaking 719 languages.

Journalist Kieran Yates is concerned by the possibility that this notional enforced unity can also be seen as a way of policing dissent, particularly from black and minority ethnic communities.

Names are notional.

Art is notional.

Health, Ira decided, was notional.

The fame is similarly notional.

Or some other notional figure.

The figure is merely notional.

'You have a notional identity..

Local communist parties ruled in notional coalitions.

Despite his work, the revolution remains notional.