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Definition of 'tendentious'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) tendentious
having or showing a tendency to favor or promote a point of view; biased.

Etymology: (1895–1900; < ML tendenti(a)tendency+ -ous)

Definition of 'tendentious'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) tendentious, tendencious
having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one
"a tendentious account of recent elections"; "distinguishing between verifiable fact and tendentious assertion"

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