Tendentious — Word of the Day February 20, 2027

Definition

Promoting a particular point of view; biased. Tendentious writing has a conclusion before it has gathered its evidence.

“The report was tendentious and would convince only those already in agreement with its conclusions.”

From German tendenzioes, from Tendenz (tendency), from Medieval Latin tendentia.

T₁E₁N₁D₂E₁N₁T₁I₁O₁U₁S₁

TENDENTIOUS scores 12 points in Scrabble.