Usually means: Reliance on personal stories, unscientific.
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  1. anecdotalism: Merriam-Webster
  2. anecdotalism: Collins English Dictionary
  3. anecdotalism: Wiktionary
  4. anecdotalism: Dictionary.com
  5. anecdotalism: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  A predisposition to relate anecdotes.

Similar:
tangentiality, aetiologia, catadicrotism, epididymous, autopticity, regionalism, analloeroticism, anal-erotic, hometown, eponymy, more...

Opposite:
empiricism, evidence-based, factual, objective

Types:
personal story, testimonial, urblegend, gossip, hearsay, more...

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Similar:
tangentiality, aetiologia, catadicrotism, epididymous, autopticity, regionalism, analloeroticism, anal-erotic, hometown, eponymy, more...

Opposite:
empiricism, evidence-based, factual, objective

Types:
personal story, testimonial, urblegend, gossip, hearsay, more...



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