tendency writing
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
The name is borrowed from German forms such as Tendenzschrift, Tendenzroman ("tendency novel"), and Tendenzdrama.
Noun[edit]
tendency writing (countable and uncountable, plural tendency writings)
- (literature) Literature produced in order to promote a cause or serve a rhetorical purpose that the writing itself never makes explicit. These purposes are typically social, political, or moral.
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References[edit]
- Oxford English Dictionary 2nd. ed. "Tendency"