Tendentious Definition & Meaning
tendentious
- adjective
- having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one; "a tendentious account of recent elections"; "distinguishing between verifiable fact and tendentious assertion"
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- What does tendentious mean?
- having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one; "a tendentious account of recent elections"; "distinguishing between verifiable fact and tendentious assertion"
- What part of speech is tendentious?
- Tendentious is an adjective.