Ten·den·tious (pronounced ten-'den-ches) adj. : marked by a tendency in favor of a certain point of view; implicitly or explicitly slanted. source

EtymologyThe word "tendentious" is derived from the Medieval Latin "tendentia" which means "to cause".
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  1. "The paper reported rather tendentiously on the war atrocities."
  2. "A tendentious account of recent elections."

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