tendentious.
Having a tendency, written or spoken, with a partisan, biased or prejudiced purpose, especially a controversial one; implicitly or explicitly slanted; biased.
Meaning & usage
Having a tendency, written or spoken, with a partisan, biased or prejudiced purpose, especially a controversial one; implicitly or explicitly slanted; biased.
That he was a supporter of the cause was clear, because his reports from the front were tendentious.
Where this word comes from
From tendency + -ious, after German tendenziös.
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