tendency writing

noun

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.

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Meanings

nountendency writing (countable and uncountable, plural tendency writings)

plural tendency writings

  1. countableuncountableliteratureLiterature 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.

Origin

The name is borrowed from German forms such as Tendenzschrift, Tendenzroman ("tendency novel"), and Tendenzdrama.

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APA

tendency writing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tendency%20writing

MLA

“tendency writing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tendency%20writing. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tendency writing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tendency%20writing.

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