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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesevidência anedótica
Pronunciation / Transliteration: e.viˈdẽ.si.a a.neˈdɔ.ti.ka
"Precisamos de dados reais, não apenas de evidência anedótica."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Evidence collected in a casual or informal manner and relying heavily on personal testimony or isolated examples rather than scientific research.
"While patients reported feeling better, the medical board noted that this was merely anecdotal evidence and required clinical trials." - 2
Information or stories passed along by word-of-mouth that may not be true or verifiable.
"His theory was built entirely on anecdotal evidence gathered from friends and family."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term combines 'anecdotal', derived from the Greek 'anekdota' meaning 'unpublished items' (from 'a-' not + 'ekdotos' published), and 'evidence', originating from the Latin 'evidentia', meaning distinctness or plainness. Formed in the late 19th century, it evolved to describe information based on personal testimonies rather than rigorous scientific research.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Anecdotal evidence" is said worldwide
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preuve anecdotique
Transliteration: prev an.ɛk.dɔ.tik
"Les témoignages des patients ne constituent qu'une preuve anecdotique."
anekdotische Evidenz
Transliteration: a.nɛk.doːˈtɪʃ.ə e.viˈdɛnt͡s
"Wissenschaftliche Studien stützen sich selten auf rein anekdotische Evidenz."
prova aneddotica
Transliteration: ˈprɔ.va a.nedˈdɔ.ti.ka
"Non possiamo basare la nostra intera teoria su una prova aneddotica."
evidencia anecdótica
Transliteration: e.βiˈðen.θja a.neɣˈðo.ti.ka
"La evidencia anecdótica no es suficiente para probar la hipótesis."
evidência anedótica
Transliteration: e.viˈdẽ.si.a a.neˈdɔ.ti.ka
"Precisamos de dados reais, não apenas de evidência anedótica."
किस्सागोई साक्ष्य
Transliteration: kissa-goi sakshya
"वैज्ञानिक शोध को किस्सागोई साक्ष्य से अधिक ठोस प्रमाण की आवश्यकता होती है।"
轶事证据
Transliteration: yìshì zhèngjù
"科学结论不能仅仅建立在轶事证据之上。"
일화적 증거
Transliteration: ilhwa-jeok jeung-geo
"그 주장은 객관적 연구가 아닌 일화적 증거에 불과합니다."
传闻证据
Transliteration: demmon shōko
Script: 伝聞証拠
"科学的な検証には、個人的な体験談や伝聞証拠以上のものが必要です。"
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