tendentious
Having a tendency, written or spoken, with a partisan, biased or prejudiced purpose,…Having a tendency, written or spoken, with a partisan, biased or prejudiced purpose, especially a controversial one; implicitly or explicitly slanted; biased.
Meaning
1 sensesHaving 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.
tendenziös
тенденцио́зныйtɛndɛncióznyj
упередженийuperedženyj, заангажованийzaanhažovanyj, однобокийodnobokyj
having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one
Translations
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Origin
From tendency + -ious, after German tendenziös.From tendency + -ious, after German tendenziös.
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Forms
more tendentious, most tendentious| Comparative | more tendentious Lesson |
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| Superlative | most tendentious Lesson |
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Synonyms
5 synonyms- having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one:tendencious
Antonyms
5 antonymsWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
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