Anecdotal evidence

Synonyms for "anecdotal evidence" (17 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Adjective(1 words)
anecdotal observation
Noun(3 words)
casual reportsillustrative exampleinformal

Strong matches (5)

Noun(5 words)
informal evidenceinformal reportslimitednarrativenon-general evidence

Related words (8)

Adjective(1 words)
nonscientific data
Noun(7 words)
personalpersonal storiesstory basedtestimonial evidenceunrepresentativeunverifiedunverified claims

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More general

3 entries

More specific

14 entries
anecdotal exampleanecdotal illustrationanecdote examplecase reportcase studycasual observationnonrandom surveypersonal anecdotepersonal storypersonal testimonysmall sampletestimonialunrepresentative caseunverified reports

Collocations

9 entries
anecdotal accountsanecdotal claimsanecdotal dataanecdotal observationsanecdotal remarksanecdotal reportsanecdotal storiesanecdotal testimonialslimited anecdotal evidence

Inflections

2 entries
more anecdotalmost anecdotal

Derivations

4 entries

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Tens of thousands of Portuguese, Greek and Irish people have left their homelands this year, many heading for the southern hemisphere. Anecdotal evidence points to the same happening in Spain and Italy.

Source: wiktionary