tendenz

noun

ten·​denz

tenˈdents

plural tendenzen

-ntsən

: a dominating point of view or purpose influencing the structure and content of a literary work : leaning

scarcely a week went by without a new magazine of some unearthly tendenz or other appearing on the stands

—H. L. Mencken

Word History

Etymology

German, literally, tendency, from Medieval Latin tendentia

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