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tendentious, a.|tɛnˈdɛnʃəs|
Also -cious.
[as if f. med.L. tendenti-a tendency + -ous, after G. tendenziös.]
Having a purposed tendency; composed or written with such a tendency or aim.
1900T. Davidson Hist. Educ. i. iv. 70 Xenophon's Cyropædia..is a mere edifying, tendentious romance, intended to recommend to the Athenians the Spartan type of education. 1905Times, Lit. Suppl. 28 July 239/2 He [Zimmer, in ‘Die Keltische Kirche’] thinks that the legend of St. Patrick was tendencious, springing up to support a special ecclesiastical thesis. 1909C. Lowe in Contemp. Rev. July 42 A false and tendencious account of what had taken place. |