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Anecdotal definition

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Based on casual observations or indications rather than rigorous or scientific analysis.
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The definition of anecdotal is something that is story-like or something that is based on stories and retellings, not based on provable facts.

A funny story about the Roaring Twenties is an example of an anecdotal retelling of the past.

Asking everyone what they think about a specific subject is an example of collecting anecdotal evidence.

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Based on personal experience or reported observations unverified by controlled experiments.

Anecdotal evidence.

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Full of anecdotes.
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Of the nature of or relating to an anecdote.
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Containing or abounding in anecdotes.
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Of, characterized by, or full of anecdotes.
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Of or like an anecdote.
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Origin of anecdotal

Anecdotal Sentence Examples

  • But you still were working with the biased, anecdotal opinions of a few people not very like you.

  • Currently the best proof we have that they are valid is mainly anecdotal.

  • Most did not provide quantitative data so the reports remain anecdotal.

  • There has been much anecdotal talk as to why the rate has increased significantly over the last twenty years.

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