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tendentiousness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ten-den-tious-ness
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The characteristic of being tendentious.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English tendentious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English tendentiousness From tendentious + -ness.

Usage

Inflected Forms

tendentiousnesses (plural)

Synonyms

partisanship bias biasedness slant partiality prejudice

Antonyms

objectivity impartiality unbiasedness fairness balance

Questions

What does tendentiousness mean?
The characteristic of being tendentious.
Where does tendentiousness come from?
Etymology tree English tendentious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English tendentiousness From tendentious + -ness.

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