tendentious

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tendentious

  • /tɛnˈdɛnʃəs/

adjective more tendentious · most tendentious

  1. of persons or their words Having a tendency, written or spoken, with a partisan, biased or prejudiced purpose, especially a controversial one; implicitly or explicitly slanted; biased. Near-synonyms: partisan, slanted, partial, prejudiced

    Similar: partisan, slanted, partial, prejudiced · Opposite: objective, impartial, unbiased, fair, balanced

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adj tendentious

Españoltendencioso
한국어편향된 pyeonhyangdoen
日本語偏向した henkou shita, 偏向的な henkouteki na, 傾向的な keikouteki na
中文偏頗的 /偏颇的, 有偏見的 /有偏见的, 傾向性的 /倾向性的
Portuguêstendencioso
Françaistendancieux
Deutschtendenziös
Italianotendenzioso
Русскийтенденцио́зный tɛndɛncióznyj
العربيةمُغْرِض muḡriḍ

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@misc{tendentious_2026,
  title = {tendentious},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tendentious},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}