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evidence, proof, supporting data
Factual or scientific basis for a claim or decision. Widely used in business and medical contexts as a loanword from English.
Usage
エビデンス became common in Japanese through medical and business jargon and is now widely used in general discourse. In medicine, it refers to clinical trial data; in business, it means documented proof or supporting records.
Common collocations
- エビデンスに基づく: evidence-based
- エビデンスを示す: to present evidence
- エビデンスが不足している: to lack evidence
- 科学的エビデンス: scientific evidence
Similar words
- 証拠: proof or evidence in general, and the word used for evidence in court. エビデンス is data or documentation offered in support of a claim or a decision.
Related Words
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証拠 (proof or evidence in general…)