tendenziös

German

Alternative forms

• tendentiös (rare, obsolete)

Etymology

Before 1850, from Tendenz +‎ -iös. Compare English tendentious, French tendancieux (ca. 1900), both after the German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛndɛnˈt͡sjøːs/

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Adjective

tendenziös (comparative tendenziöser, superlative am tendenziösesten)

1. tendentious; biased (representing facts in a partisan manner, often manipulatively so)

Antonyms

• untendenziös

Related terms

• Tendenz
• tendieren

Further reading

• “tendenziös” in Duden online