adjective
also ten·den·cious tenˈdenchəs
Etymology: Medieval Latin tendentia tendency + English -ious
1. : marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : motivated by an intent to promote a particular cause : biased
under the cloak of objective reporting the reporter can be as tendentious as the writer who openly expresses his own opinion — Times Literary Supplement
distinguished between verifiable fact and tendentious assertion — D.M.Potter & T.G.Manning
2. : having or conforming to a particular tendency
the most recalcitrant, tendentious , and subtly variable of all animal species — Melville Jacobs & B.J.Stern
• ten·den·tious·ly adverb
• ten·den·tious·ness noun -es