Marked by a strong implicit point of view; partisan: a tendentious account of the recent elections.
[From Medieval Latin tendentia, a cause. See tendency.]
tendentiously ten·den'tious·ly adv.tendentiousness ten·den'tious·ness n.
Dictionary:
ten·den·tious ten·den·cious (tĕn-dĕn'shəs) ![]() |
[From Medieval Latin tendentia, a cause. See tendency.]
tendentiously ten·den'tious·ly adv.| Thesaurus: tendentious |
adjective
| Obscure Words: tendentious |
| WordNet: tendentious |
The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one
Synonym: tendencious
| Translations: Tendentious |
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tendentiøs
Nederlands (Dutch)
tendentieus
Français (French)
adj. - tendancieux
Deutsch (German)
adj. - tendenziös
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - σκόπιμος, μεροληπτικός, υστερόβουλος
Italiano (Italian)
tendenzioso
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - tendencioso
Русский (Russian)
тенденциозный, озорной, своенравный (ребенок)
Español (Spanish)
adj. - tendencioso
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - tendentiös
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
有偏见的, 宣传性的
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 有偏見的, 宣傳性的
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 경향이 있는, 편향적인
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 偏った思想を持った, 偏向した
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) منحاز, متحيز
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - מגמתי, בעל נטייה
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