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tendentious

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ten·den·tious /tenˈdenʃəs/ adjective formal  EFFECT/INFLUENCEa tendentious speech, remark, book etc expresses a strong opinion that is intended to influence people 〔演讲、评论、书籍等〕有强烈倾向性的,鼓动色彩浓厚的
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tendentiousHe tacks on tendentious continuations to things Raskolnikov has said.Still more tendentious is the Tory claim as it relates to a potential Labour Government.Perhaps this inference, given its grounding in pupil, not teacher data, is a tendentious one.It is a tendentious point, since the convention is that treaties are always signed by the executive.As young men, they managed to avoid falling out over the tendentious terms of their father's will.Other collections have been more conspicuously tendentious than this.
Origin tendentious (1900-2000) tendency
ten·den·tious adjectiveChineseSyllable
remark, a tendentious expresses book etc that speech, a opinion Corpus strong


tendentious
tendentious /tenˈdenʃəs/ adjective formal
 Date: 1900-2000
 Origin: tendency
a tendentious speech, remark, book etc expresses a strong opinion that is intended to influence people


ten·den·tiousBrE /tenˈdenʃəs/ 🔊NAmE /tenˈdenʃəs/ 🔊 adjective (formal, usually disapproving) (of a speech, piece of writing, theory, etc. 演讲、文章、理论等) expressing a strong opinion that people are likely to disagree with 倾向性的;有偏见的;有争议的 SYN controversial ten·den·tious·ly BrE /tenˈdenʃəsli/ 🔊NAmE /tenˈdenʃəsli/ 🔊 adverb SYN controversially ten·den·tious·ness BrE /tenˈdenʃəsnəs/ 🔊NAmE /tenˈdenʃəsnəs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]