as in bias
an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities
the palpable and unrelenting tendentiousness that pervades her every political pronouncement
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tendentiousness
Noun
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The university has defended a formula used to select the participants and denied allegations of bias.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Mar. 2026 -
What participants in these discussions need to remember is that--as has been said often--truth has a liberal bias.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But in both cases there is something darker underneath the surface, revealing the prejudices and debts the characters couldn’t leave behind in the city.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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In February 2024, the woman dropped her lawsuit against the musicians, filing to dismiss it with prejudice, meaning it cannot be refiled.—
Alexandra Del Rosario,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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A lot of dance music leans more dark and some of his melodic tendencies are brighter in a way, more major key.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
27 Mar. 2026
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History may not repeat, but it sure as hell has a tendency to trigger the occasional sense of déjà vu.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The political climate that the film examines, one of extreme partisanship, has only heightened in the years since.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2026
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Graves said redistricting in his home state, nor the breakdown in decorum and hyper-partisanship of Congress, factored into his decision to retire.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Ellison’s public stance has fueled concerns that Micko’s decision creates, at minimum, the appearance of partiality in a case where the state’s top law enforcement official, who appears to employ the judge’s wife, had already weighed in on the central legal question.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Jan. 2026
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This Sunday’s order is a matter of preference and partiality, but the top five itself seems clear.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Tendentiousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tendentiousness. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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