noun · uncountable · rare

anecdotal evidence

анекдотичні докази

anekdotische Belege, vereinzelte Belege, sporadische Hinweise

A limited selection of examples which support or refute an argument, but which are not…A limited selection of examples which support or refute an argument, but which are not supported by scientific or statistical analysis.

» His argument was based entirely on anecdotal evidence.

Его рассуждения основывались исключительно на примерах конкретных случаев.

Meaning

1 senses

(uncountable)A limited selection of examples which support or refute an argument, but which are not supported by scientific or statistical analysis.
anekdotische Belege, vereinzelte Belege, sporadische Hinweise
анекдоти́чні до́казиanekdotýčni dókazy

Examples

3 sentences

His argument was based entirely on anecdotal evidence.
ruЕго рассуждения основывались исключительно на примерах конкретных случаев.
CC0 · Tatoeba · ddnktr · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Your examples are cherry-picked, nothing more than anecdotal evidence.
CC BY · Tatoeba · karloelkebekio · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
That's anecdotal evidence.
CC0 · Tatoeba · shekitten · C1Open on Tatoeba Report a problem

Translations

3 languages

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Antonyms

2 antonyms

empirical evidencescientific evidence

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable