Biased vs. Tendentious — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Biased and Tendentious
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Biased
Marked by or exhibiting bias; prejudiced
Gave a biased account of the trial.
Tendentious
Expressing or intending to promote a particular cause or point of view, especially a controversial one
A tendentious reading of history
Biased
Exhibiting bias; prejudiced.
The newspaper gave a biased account of the incident.
Tendentious
Marked by or favoring a particular point of view; partisan
A tendentious account of the recent elections.
Biased
Angled at a slant.
The table had a biased edge.
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Tendentious
Having a tendency; written or spoken with a partisan, biased or prejudiced purpose, especially a controversial one.
Biased
(electrical engineering) On which an electrical bias is applied.
Tendentious
Implicitly or explicitly slanted.
As a supporter of the cause, his reports were tendentious in the extreme.
Biased
(statistics) Exhibiting a systematic distortion of results due to a factor not allowed for in its derivation; skewed.
Tendentious
Having or marked by a strong tendency especially a controversial one;
A tendentious account of recent elections
Distinguishing between verifiable fact and tendentious assertion
Biased
Simple past tense and past participle of bias
She biased them against him for no apparent reason.
Biased
Favoring one person or side over another;
A biased account of the trial
A decision that was partial to the defendant
Biased
Excessively devoted to one faction
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