tendentious
pronunciation
How to pronounce tendentious in British English:
UK [tenˈdenʃəs]
How to pronounce tendentious in American English:
US [tɛnˈdɛnʃəs]
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- Adjective:
- having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one
Word Origin
- tendentious (adj.)
- "having a definite purpose," 1871, formed after or from German tendenziös, from Tendenz "tendency," from Medieval Latin tendentia (see tendency).
Example
- 1. She made a tendentious speech .
- 2. It 's frequently seen that media outlets produce tendentious reports before court decisions were made .
- 3. Chemistry study way independent tendentious characteristic not remarkable gender differences , zetetic and cooperative tendentious characteristic existence significance gender differences .
- 4. Traffic police 's still had some tendentious , universal , bottleneck 's question in the process of daily law enforcement evidence collection .
- 5. Its tendentious handling of the way of observing the world , its selection of persons interviewed , its invitation of honored guests , and its contents editing all reflect sexual prejudices .