Synonyms 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.

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

   Antonyms:
   annals, biography, chronicle, history, memoir

Princeton's WordNet

1. anecdotenoun

   short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)

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1. • Account

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1. anecdotenoun

   Synonyms:
   story (of private life), biographical incident

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1. List of paraphrases for "anecdote":

   story, joke

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1. Billy Dunn:

   Anecdote and emotion do not change the data.

2. 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.

3. Joe Brettell:

   There's always a desire in highly staged events like these debates especially to try to capture that human moment, it is very difficult for a candidate who has been coached for months to have three talking points and an anecdote to then at the end of the debate, while fully mentally exhausted, relate something that is often actually awkward.

4. Ben J. Wattenberg:

   The plural of anecdote is data.

5. 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.