Synonyms for tendentiousness
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
The characteristic of being tendentious.
Near-synonyms: partisanship, bias, biasedness, slant, partiality, prejudice
Forms
- Plural
- tendentiousnesses → biases, prejudices, slants, partisanships…
Example sentences
- bias She has a strong bias against abstract painting.
- prejudice I don't have a prejudice against foreign workers.
- slant This newspaper has no political slant.
- partisanship No. It is not a matter of partisanship, it is a matter of America.
- partiality He shows partiality to no one in particular.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| tendentiousness | steady | |
| bias | rising | |
| prejudice | steady | |
| slant | steady | |
| partisanship | steady | |
| partiality | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- bias2
- 5 letters
- slant1
- 9 letters
- prejudice3
- 10 letters
- partiality5, biasedness
- 12 letters
- partisanship4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bias2 = 2 syllables).