Anecdotalism
pertaining to, resembling, or containing :
an anecdotal history of jazz.
(of the treatment of subject matter in representational art) pertaining to the relationship of figures or to the arrangement of elements in a scene so as to emphasize the story content of a subject.
compare (def 6).
based on personal observation, case study reports, or random investigations rather than systematic scientific evaluation:
anecdotal evidence.
adjective
containing or consisting exclusively of anecdotes rather than connected discourse or research conducted under controlled conditions
adj.
1794, from anecdote + -al (1). related: anecdotally. anecdotical is attested from 1744.
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a collector or teller of .
- Anecdotally
pertaining to, resembling, or containing : an anecdotal history of jazz. (of the treatment of subject matter in representational art) pertaining to the relationship of figures or to the arrangement of elements in a scene so as to emphasize the story content of a subject. compare (def 6). based on personal observation, case study reports, […]
- Anecdotes
a short account of a particular incident or event, especially of an interesting or amusing nature. a short, obscure historical or biographical account. contemporary examples ribowsky is at his best making surprising connections from his heap of anecdotes and quotes. the only sportscaster that mattered: new biography of howard cosell robert lipsyte november 19, 2011 […]
- Anecdotic
. fond of telling . historical examples this, which is known as “adab literature,” is anecdotic in style with much quotation of early poetry and proverb. encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 2, slice 3 various that taste for story-telling—that anecdotic habit—is quite vulgar; n-body does it now. the martins of cro’ martin, vol. i (of […]
- Anechoic
(of a recording chamber, television studio, or the like) characterized by an unusually low degree of reverberation; echo-free. adjective having a low degree of reverberation of sound: an anechoic recording studio adj. 1948, in electronics, from an- (1) “not” + echoic.