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anecdata

Syllables: an·ec·da·ta/ˈænɪkdeɪtə/US/ˈænikdætə/

anecdata noun: anecdotal evidence.

Noun

anecdata pl (normally plural, singular anecdatum)

  1. (derogatory, humorous, plural, plural-normally, usually) Anecdotal evidence.
    • A handful of stores, just one mall, not what you'd call a statistically significant sample. In fact, the most recent government report was that retail sales rose in January, which just goes to show why the journalist's approach to reality, what you might call "anecdata," may be the flimsiest form...1992 March 6, “Guessing Game [show #4285]”, in The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, Paul Solman (actor)
    • Anecodotal evidence strongly suggests that this is just the high profile expression of a much larger problem of misogynistic violence. / Ah, yes. Anecdata. Fortunately, real honest studies which are peer-reviewed and critiqued suggest otherwise.1997 October 2, Chris Doherty, “Re: Take Back the Night 1997”, in uw.general (Usenet), message-ID <EHFr1r.CpH@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca>

anecdata meaning in Tamil

anecdata in Tamil

நிகழ்வுத் தரவு

Examples of anecdata in a sentence

  • That is one of those stories that I call “anecdata”—these horror stories over which we try to construct theories about how something is or is not working in IP law and policy.2003, Justin Hughes, “Legal Pressures in Intellectual Property Law”, in Julie M. Esanu, Paul F. Uhlir, editors, The Role of Scientific and...
  • I have read interviews with people (yeah, I know, anecdata) who have said that they wanted an apology for a mistake being made and ended up going to court over it.2005 July 18, Lindsay Endell, “Re: Roy Meadow”, in uk.misc (Usenet), message-ID <dbfuq1$29gg$1@godfrey.mcc.ac.uk>:
  • Metcalfe notes the same general pattern, though he gives no anecdata to support his contention.2017, Kory Stamper, Word By Word, Vintage, published 2018, →ISBN, page 213:

Forms of anecdata

singularanecdatum

Origin of anecdata

Blend of anecdotal + data; also compare this to the plural of anecdote is not data, upon which this term likely plays. Equally, analysable as a blend of anecdote + data.

Questions about anecdata

What does anecdata mean?
Anecdata means anecdotal evidence.
What is anecdata in Tamil?
Anecdata in Tamil is நிகழ்வுத் தரவு. See Anecdata meaning in Tamil.
How do you use anecdata in a sentence?
That is one of those stories that I call “anecdata”—these horror stories over which we try to construct theories about how something is or is not working in IP law and policy.
What part of speech is anecdata?
Anecdata is a noun.
How do you pronounce anecdata?
Anecdata is pronounced /ˈænɪkdeɪtə/ (UK).

Words near anecdata in the dictionary

  1. anear
  2. aneared
  3. anearing
  4. anears
  5. anearst
  6. anecdata
  7. anecdatum
  8. anecdota
  9. anecdotae
  10. anecdotage
  11. anecdotages

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: anecdata (page history and authors); anecdata (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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