The phrase "traditional notion of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to an idea or concept that people have held for a long time, usually within a particular culture or society. For example, "The traditional notion of marriage has changed a lot in recent years."
The other is based on the traditional notion of a spinning Earth.
Artists who hew most closely to the traditional notion of a self-portrait still take great liberties with it.
"And there is, of course, that knotty traditional notion of the Mandate of Heaven," Mr. Crane said.
Marie-Anne says they share Leong's vision, which differs significantly from the traditional notion of Western development in Africa.
When the US supreme court enshrined same-sex marriage as an inalienable civil right last month, justices managed to both expand and cement a traditional notion of "family".
In Berkeley, Calif., where Liza Dalby lives, the traditional notion of four seasons, each constituting a quarter of the year, is falsified daily.
It was my first realization that a presidential campaign in Belarus, a former republic of the Soviet Union, operates with a logic outside any traditional notion of democracy.
I admire your attempt to disrupt the traditional notion of sentences only having one or, at most two dependent clauses, but unfortunately your message gets a little muddled.
As women play a bigger role as income providers and more men assume child care duties, the traditional notion of a typical household has altered.
It seemed to me that if the traditional notion of womanhood existed anywhere, it would be south of the Mason-Dixon Line.
Both ING and Mellon turn the traditional notion of banking space -- teller windows, giant vaults and courtesy counters -- on its head.
