tendencious

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ten·den·tious

also ten·den·cious (tĕn-dĕn′shəs)

adj.

Marked by or favoring a particular 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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Adj.

tendencious - having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one; "a tendentious account of recent elections"; "distinguishing between verifiable fact and tendentious assertion"

tendentious

partisan, partizan - devoted to a cause or party

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