tendentious

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /tɛnˈdɛnʃəs/ See IPA manual

Freq #228773

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adj
having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one

A tendentious account of recent elections.

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tendentious account
a description that strongly promotes a particular, often controversial, viewpoint

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From tendency + -ious, after German tendenziös.

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