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webidence

webidence noun: evidence (or ostensible evidence) for something, found on the World Wide Web.

Noun

webidence (uncountable)

  1. Evidence (or ostensible evidence) for something, found on the World Wide Web.
    • Webidence is scientific (type 1) and pseudo-scientific (type 2) medical advice and opinion posted on a website.2000, BMJ: British Medical Journal, page 239
    • In light of these pitfalls we need 'Standards of Webidence' to guide the selection and documentation of online language for linguistic research.2015, Corpus Linguistics and the Web, page 36

Origin of webidence

Blend of Web + evidence.

Questions about webidence

What does webidence mean?
Webidence means evidence (or ostensible evidence) for something, found on the World Wide Web.
What part of speech is webidence?
Webidence is a noun.

Words near webidence in the dictionary

  1. webhook
  2. webhooks
  3. webhost
  4. webhosting
  5. webhosts
  6. webidence
  7. webification
  8. webified
  9. webifies
  10. webify
  11. webifying

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