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tendentious

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ten⋅den⋅tious

  [ten-den-shuhs]
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–adjective
having or showing a definite tendency, bias, or purpose: a tendentious novel.
Also, ten⋅den⋅cious, ten⋅den⋅tial  [ten-den-shuhl] .

Origin:
1895–1900; < ML tendenti(a) tendency + -ous

Related forms:
ten⋅den⋅tious⋅ly, adverb
ten⋅den⋅tious⋅ness, noun
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ten·den·tious also ten·den·cious   (těn-děn'shəs)   
adj.  Marked by a strong implicit point of view; partisan: a tendentious account of the recent elections.

[From Medieval Latin tendentia, a cause; see tendency.]
ten·den'tious·ly adv., ten·den'tious·ness n.
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