Antonyms for anecdote
ˈæn ɪkˌdoʊtanec·dote

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1. anecdote

   A story is the telling of some series of connected incidents or events, whether real or fictitious, in prose or verse, orally or in writing; or the series of incidents or events thus related may be termed a story. In children's talk, a story is a common euphemism for a falsehood. Tale is nearly synonymous with story, but is somewhat archaic; it is used for an imaginative, legendary, or fictitious recital, especially if of ancient date; as, a fairy tale; also, for an idle or malicious report; as, do not tell tales; "where there is no tale-bearer, the strife ceaseth." Prov. xxvi, 20. An anecdote tells briefly some incident, assumed to be fact. If it passes close limits of brevity, it ceases to be an anecdote, and becomes a narrative or narration. A traditional or mythical story of ancient times is a legend. A history is often somewhat poetically called a story; as, the story of the American civil war. Compare ALLEGORY; FICTION; HISTORY.

   Antonyms:
   annals, biography, chronicle, history, memoir

   Synonyms:
   account, incident, legend, myth, narration, narrative, novel, recital, record, relation, story, tale

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Princeton's WordNet

1. anecdotenoun

   short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)

How to use anecdote in a sentence?

1. Nancy Pelosi:

   I know what people tell me -- that's anecdotal -- and we always say the plural of anecdote is not data necessarily, but it is a trend and what I'm hearing, but it wasn't just the attack. It was the Republican reaction to it, which was disgraceful. And that I think really the attack is horrible.

2. Anthony Fauci:

   I'm not, you know, blaming her for anything, but she should be thinking twice about propagating information that really has no basis as except a one-off anecdote. And that's not what science is all about.

3. Billy Dunn:

   Anecdote and emotion do not change the data.

4. Lindsey Graham:

   The statement of [Sen. Rand] Paul would create anxiety because he's a doctor, he's a respected senator and there is no evidence that I'm aware of that a vaccine causes mental retardation, if he has that evidence he should come forward and let the scientific community do something about it. You cannot scare people by anecdote.

5. Letitia Elizabeth Landon:

   The free pen, prone to pour out the suggestions of artless affection, vivid imagination, or domestic anecdote, is as much woman's especial instrument as the needle.

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