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tendencious

tendencious is the obsolete spelling of tendentious.

Meaning of tendentious

Adjective

tendentious (comparative more tendentious, superlative most tendentious)

  1. Having a tendency, written or spoken, with a partisan, biased or prejudiced purpose, especially a controversial one; implicitly or explicitly slanted; biased.
    • Near-synonyms: partisan, slanted, partial, prejudiced

Forms of tendencious

comparativemore tendencious
superlativemost tendencious

Questions about tendencious

What is tendencious the obsolete spelling of?
Tendencious is the obsolete spelling of tendentious.

Words near tendencious in the dictionary

  1. tendence
  2. tendences
  3. tendencial
  4. tendencially
  5. tendencies
  6. tendencious
  7. tendenciously
  8. tendency
  9. tendency tone
  10. tendency tones
  11. tendency writing

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