# tendentious

> English word · Adjective · IPA /tɛnˈdɛnʃəs/ · frequency rank #97,619

## Definitions
1. Having a tendency, written or spoken, with a partisan, biased or prejudiced purpose, especially a controversial one; implicitly or explicitly slanted; biased.

## Etymology
From tendency + -ious, after German tendenziös.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tendentious