tendentious

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Translations 1.2.2 Related terms

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[edit] Etymology

Ultimately from the Latin tendere / tendō; related to the (English) tendency.

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tendentious (comparative more tendentious, superlative most tendentious)

1. Having a tendency; written or spoken with a partisan, biased or prejudiced purpose.

   She tendentiously espoused her particular solution at every opportunity.

2. Implicitly or explicitly slanted.

   As a supporter of the cause, his reports were tendentious in the extreme.

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• tendency