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anecdotalist

anecdotalist noun: one who recounts anecdotes, or uses them instead of experimental evidence in a field of study.

Noun

anecdotalist (plural anecdotalists)

  1. One who recounts anecdotes, or uses them instead of experimental evidence in a field of study.

Forms of anecdotalist

pluralanecdotalists

Origin of anecdotalist

From anecdotal + -ist.

Questions about anecdotalist

What does anecdotalist mean?
Anecdotalist means one who recounts anecdotes, or uses them instead of experimental evidence in a field of study.
What part of speech is anecdotalist?
Anecdotalist is a noun.
What is the plural of anecdotalist?
The plural of anecdotalist is anecdotalists.

Words near anecdotalist in the dictionary

  1. anecdotage
  2. anecdotages
  3. anecdotal
  4. anecdotal evidence
  5. anecdotalism
  6. anecdotalist
  7. anecdotalists
  8. anecdotality
  9. anecdotalize
  10. anecdotalized
  11. anecdotalizes

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