tendentious
English
/tɛnˈdɛnʃəs/
adj
Definitions
- Having a tendency; written or spoken with a partisan, biased or prejudiced purpose, especially a controversial one.
- Implicitly or explicitly slanted.
Etymology
Suffix from English tendency derived from German tendenziös.
Origin
German (Berlin)
tendenziös
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- countertendency English
- multitendency English
- tendency English
- tendentiously English
- tendentiousness English
- tendere Latin
- Tendenz German
- tendenziös German
- tendance French
- tendancieusement French
- tendancieux French