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/tɛnˈdɛnʃəs/ · adjective
(of persons or their words) 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
That he was a supporter of the cause was clear, because his reports from the front were tendentious.
President-elect Donald Trump abruptly abandoned some of his most tendentious campaign promises Tuesday, saying he does not plan to prosecute Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email system or the dealings of her family foundation, has an “open mind” about a climate-change accord from which he vowed to withdraw the United States and is no longer certain that torturing terrorism suspects is a good idea.
It is a canard trotted out by lazy or tendentious journalists that nationalised British Railways lacked entrepreneurial flair.
Use tendentious when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Tendentious means (of persons or their words) Having a tendency, written or spoken, with a partisan, biased or prejudiced purpose, especially a controversial one; implicitly or explicitly slanted; biased..
Common synonyms include partisan, slanted, partial, prejudiced.
Possible antonyms include objective, impartial, unbiased, fair.
Near-synonyms: partisan, slanted, partial, prejudiced
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