tendentious
Adjective Satellite
- having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one
- "a tendentious account of recent elections"
- "distinguishing between verifiable fact and tendentious assertion"
Adj
- Having a tendency, written or spoken, with a partisan, biased or prejudiced purpose, especially a controversial one; implicitly or explicitly slanted; biased.
Examples
- That he was a supporter of the cause was clear, because his reports from the front were tendentious.
Origin / Etymology
From tendency + -ious, after German tendenziƶs.
Synonyms
Antonyms
;, balanced#Adjective, fair#Adjective, impartial#Adjective, objective#Adjective, unbiased#Adjective
Scrabble Score: 12
tendentious: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordtendentious: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
tendentious: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 15
tendentious: valid Words With Friends Word