tendentious


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tendentious /tɛnˈdɛnʃəs/
adjective calculated to promote a particular cause or point of view.
– derivatives
tendentiously adverb,
tendentiousness noun.
– origin early 20th cent.: suggested by Ger. tendenziös.
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