tendentious

== English == === Etymology === From tendency +‎ -ious, after German tendenziös. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɛnˈdɛnʃəs/ === Adjective === tendentious (comparative more tendentious, superlative most tendentious) (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. Antonyms: objective, impartial, unbiased; fair, balanced Near-synonyms: partisan, slanted, partial, prejudiced ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== tendency ==== Translations ==== === References === “tendentious”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.