tendentious
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/tɛnˈdɛnʃəs/
Definition of tendentious
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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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.”
“President-elect Donald Trump abruptly abandoned some of his most tendentious campaign promises Tuesday, saying he does not plan to prosecute Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email system or the dealings of her family foundation, has an “open mind” about a climate-change accord from which he vowed to withdraw the United States and is no longer certain that torturing terrorism suspects is a good idea.”
“It is a canard trotted out by lazy or tendentious journalists that nationalised British Railways lacked entrepreneurial flair.”
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Etymology
From tendency + -ious, after German tendenziös.
Words you can make from tendentious
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8 words8-letter words
16 words7-letter words
50 words- DENOTES 8 pts
- DENTINE 8 pts
- DENTINS 8 pts
- DENTIST 8 pts
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6-letter words
102 words- DENIES 7 pts
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5-letter words
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