Meaning

1 senses
  1. Having 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
Comparativemore tendentious Lesson
Superlativemost tendentious Lesson

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one:tendencious

Antonyms

5 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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