tendentious

also ten·den·cious (tĕn-dĕn'shəs)
adj.
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.

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adjective

Exhibiting bias: biased, one-sided, partial, partisan, prejudiced, prejudicial, prepossessed. See like/dislike, straight/bent.

biased

For a list of words related to tendentious, see:

• Demanding, Critical, Calculating, or Selfish

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See words rhyming with "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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