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tendentious in Arabic

مُغْرِض muḡriḍ

/tɛnˈdɛnʃəs/

tendentious in Arabic: مُغْرِض (muḡriḍ). In English, tendentious means having a tendency, written or spoken, with a partisan, biased or prejudiced purpose, especially a controversial one; implicitly or explicitly slanted; biased.

Arabic words for tendentious

tendentious
مُغْرِض muḡriḍ

English meaning of tendentious

  1. adjective Having a tendency, written or spoken, with a partisan, biased or prejudiced purpose, especially a controversial one; implicitly or explicitly slanted; biased.

Full definition of tendentious

tendentious in a sentence

  • Near-synonyms: partisan, slanted, partial, prejudiced
  • That he was a supporter of the cause was clear, because his reports from the front were tendentious.

Synonyms of tendentious

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Questions about tendentious in Arabic

What is the meaning of tendentious in Arabic?
Tendentious in Arabic is مُغْرِض (muḡriḍ).
ما معنى كلمة tendentious؟
Tendentious: مُغْرِض (muḡriḍ).
What does tendentious mean in English?
Tendentious means 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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