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anecdote

genre or publication type, remarkable or characteristic story
Intangible literary_genre Q193206
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Summary

anecdote is a literary genre[1]. anecdote draws 2,310 Wikipedia views per month (literary genre category, ranking #76 of 487).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: short story[3], real-life story[4], fictional occurrence[5]
  • Part of: folklore[6]
  • Topic's main category: Q8878774[7]
  • Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[8], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[14], Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[15]
  • Different from: anecdote joke[16]

Why It Matters

anecdote has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] anecdote is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

folklore Ion Creangă

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Kandarpajit Kallol · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0009474-anekdoty
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q12416391 */"
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