adjective
tendentious
ten-DEN-shus/tenˈdenʃəs/
Promoting a particular viewpoint in a biased way.
The tendentious presentation idealizes bicycles while depicting every car as destructive.
Etymology
Borrowed from or modeled on German tendenziös, the adjective originally meant “having a definite purpose.” In the selected sense, that purpose is promoting a particular opinion, giving the expression a biased direction.
In context
Forbes found this reading tendentious.
More examples
- Her tendentious history ignores evidence that challenges her argument.
- The moderator rejects tendentious questions that portray all protesters as criminals.
- The documentary's tendentious editing makes every business owner look dishonest.
Forms
tendentious
tendentiously adverb — In a biased way promoting one viewpoint.
tendentiousness noun — The quality of advancing a biased viewpoint.