Anecdote

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A short account of an interesting or humorous incident.
  • n. Secret or hitherto undivulged particulars of history or biography.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A short account of an incident, often humorous.
  • n. An account which supports an argument, but which is not supported by scientific or statistical analysis.
  • n. A previously untold secret account of an incident.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Unpublished narratives.
  • n. A particular or detached incident or fact of an interesting nature; a biographical incident or fragment; a single passage of private life.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. plural Secret history; facts relating to secret or private affairs, as of governments or of individuals: often used (commonly in the form anecdota) as the title of works treating of such matters.
  • n. A short narrative of a particular or detached incident or occurrence of an interesting nature; a biographical incident; a single passage of private life.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    report    account   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    account    incident    haggada   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    allusion    reminiscence    saying    tale    illustration   
     
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