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tendentious

adjective

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Pronunciation: /tɛnˈdɛnʃəs/

adj

Etymology: From tendency + -ious, after German tendenziös.

  1. Having a tendency, written or spoken, with a partisan, biased or prejudiced purpose, especially a controversial one; implicitly or explicitly slanted; biased.

    Near-synonyms: partisan, slanted, partial, prejudiced

    That he was a supporter of the cause was clear, because his reports from the front were tendentious.