tendencious

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A form of tendentious — Having a tendency, written or spoken, with a partisan, biased or prejudiced purpose, especially a controversial one; implicitly or explicitly slanted; biased.

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Meanings

adjectivetendencious (comparative more tendencious, superlative most tendencious)

comparative more tendencious · superlative most tendencious

  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of tendentious.

    The most diligent censorship, the most tendencious Military communiques could not hide from the people of Brussels that the Allies were holding their own, and even gaining ground.

    1929, Reginald Berkeley, Dawn, page 45

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one

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tendentiouspartisanpartizan
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partisanpartizantendentious

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

tendencious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tendencious

MLA

“tendencious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tendencious. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tendencious,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tendencious.

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