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tendentious
(ten¦den|tious)
Pronunciation:
/tɛnˈdɛnʃəs/
adjective
expressing or intending to promote a particular cause or point of view, especially a controversial one:
a tendentious reading of history
Derivatives
tendentiously
adverb
tendentiousness
noun
Origin:
early 20th century
: suggested by German
tendenziös
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