tendency writing

== English == === Etymology === The name is borrowed from German forms such as Tendenzschrift, Tendenzroman ("tendency novel"), and Tendenzdrama. === Noun === tendency writing (countable and uncountable, plural tendency writings) (literature) Literature produced in order to promote a cause or serve a rhetorical purpose that the writing itself never makes explicit. These purposes are typically social, political, or moral. ==== Related terms ==== tendency film === References === Oxford English Dictionary 2nd. ed. "Tendency"