Synonyms for tendentious
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Biased — having a tendency, written or spoken, with a partisan, biased or prejudiced purpose, especially a…
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Definitions
- adj. 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
Example sentences
- biased Tom told Mary that he didn't think John was biased.
- prejudiced Tom told Mary that he thought John was prejudiced.
- slanted The rooms had slanted ceilings.
- partisan He is silent, like a partisan under interrogation.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| tendentious | steady | |
| biased | rising | |
| prejudiced | falling | |
| slanted | rising | |
| partisan | steady | |
| tendencious | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- biased2
- 7 letters
- partial2, slanted2
- 8 letters
- partisan3
- 10 letters
- prejudiced3
- 11 letters
- tendencious
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (biased2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- tendancieux
- Italiano
- tendenzioso
- Deutsch
- tendenziös
- Català
- tendenciós