tendentious

Day 60Level 2

ten-DEN-shus

biased

biased; showing marked tendencies

Part of Speech: adjective

Synonyms:

dogmatic; partial, prejudiced

Antonyms:

unbiased, just, fair

Example Sentence:

The director is known for politically-angled productions that some critics dismiss as tendentious.

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