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TENDENTIOUSNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tendentiousness mean?
• TENDENTIOUSNESS (noun)
The noun TENDENTIOUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. an intentional and controversial bias
Familiarity information: TENDENTIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An intentional and controversial bias
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("tendentiousness" is a kind of...):
bias; preconception; prejudice (a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation)
Derivation:
tendentious (having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one)
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