tendentious
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9.9
- adjective
- /tɛnˈdɛnʃəs/
- Formal
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tendencioso
- The title of this post is trivializing and tendentious and has nothing to do with C++.
- tendentious articles
- tendentious reading
- tendentious work
Examples
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His tendentious remarks during the meeting sparked heated discussions among the team members.
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His "evidence" for these claims is derived from his own tendentious reading of European writers.
Academic text (1995) -
"Nothing here is more tendentious than your claim that the mob was non-violent.
Blog text (6) -
Articles that are neither ideological nor tendentious were designated "apolitical."
Academic text (1992) -
I'm tired of being strung along by this tendentious line of argument, Ethan.
Blog text (30) -
You'll end up with tendentious assumptions about human nature that will allow you to derive the conclusions that you want.
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Alumni are realizing that donations that directly or indirectly subsidize politically tendentious academic programs do more harm than good.
Academic text (1995) -
However, Socrates' antidemocratic argument in favor of the expert educator might be thought just a tad tendentious.
Academic text (2002) -
Many critics argue that the film is tendentious, presenting only one side of the political debate.
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The article was dismissed as tendentious for its biased portrayal of both candidates.
Synonyms
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4.0
Showing unfair favor to one person, group, or side
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5.5
Showing strong ideas and not willing to listen to others
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9.0
To make strong critical arguments in writing or speech that cause debate
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9.8
Often likes to argue with other people
Being stubborn about your own beliefs and refusing other views
Likely to disagree with most people and start arguments
Putting personal feelings and opinions before facts
Antonyms
How Biased
Surface Forms
Morphology
tendentious = tendency (semi-transparent) = tendent + ious
The adjective is related to the noun 'tendency' (and the verb 'tend'), but it uses a bound stem 'tendent-' and a Latinate formation, so learners may not directly infer the exact sense from the base form.
Etymology
The word tendentious comes from the same root as tend and tendency, which means 'to lean' or 'to stretch'. So something tendentious 'leans' strongly to one side and shows a clear, often one-sided, bias.