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anecdote
  1. A short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting.
  2. An account which supports an argument, but which is not supported by scientific or statistical analysis.
  3. A previously untold secret account of an incident.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “The only way in which I can recuperate my humiliation is to turn it into an amusing anecdote that elicits laughter or sympathy.”
      “Allow me to give you a short anecdote, to vary the wearisomeness of my discourse.”
      “If a speaker does use humor in a speech, make certain the story, anecdote or joke is surefire funny with all listeners.”
anecdotalist
  1. One who recounts anecdotes, or uses them instead of experimental evidence in a field of study.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “She is a terrific anecdotalist, telling each story as if for the first time.”
      “He's not an historian, he's not an archivist, he's not an anecdotalist.”
      “He was certainly not, however, the pale loner of police cliche, being celebrated as a wit and anecdotalist.”
anecdotalism
  1. A predisposition to relate anecdotes.
  2. Examples:
    1. “One danger of writing a piece like this one is that it opens one up to the charge of anecdotalism.”
anecdata
  1. (humorous) Anecdotal evidence. [from 1980s]
  2. Examples:
    1. “All manner of psychological studies and anecdata show that in the face of setbacks, grittier people tend to achieve more of their goals.”
      “Self-help books make heavy use of so-called anecdata and those aimed at Realists and Denialists are no exception. ”
      “None of the evidence is perfect, and some of it resembles anecdata rather than scientific data.”
anecdoton
  1. (Grecian) Alternative spelling of anecdote
anecdotum
  1. (rare, Latinate) Alternative spelling of anecdote
anecdotage
  1. anecdotes considered as a group
  2. Examples:
    1. “More than just anecdotage, his meandering memoir evokes an innocent time in New Zealand.”
      “He is as much in his anecdotage as anyone I have interviewed, and they are not exactly new stories.”
      “In his anecdotage, with so many of his old friends dead, he's discovered a new way of getting to sleep.”
anecdotics
  1. The use of anecdotes.
anecdota
  1. plural of anecdoton
  2. plural of anecdotum
  3. Examples:
    1. “Bekker's anecdota include mention, also, 135 of the wooden seats of this temporary theatre.”
      “At a rather later date I gave a chapter of additional matter of the same description in my anecdota Literaria.”
anecdotalists
anecdotae
  1. plural of anecdota
anecdotes
  1. plural of anecdote
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The story also is an example of how kernels of truth are often contained in jokes or humorous anecdotes.”
      “People's anecdotes and keepsakes will be used to help make a local history film and put on an exhibition in the village.”
      “He was a prolific and delightful letter writer, whose anecdotes of his literary friends have been a gold mine to biographers.”
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