tendentiousness

tendentiousness
ten·den·tious·ness

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  • tendentiousness — ten den·tious·ness || ten denʃəsnɪs n. quality of being tendentious, state of having a definite purpose …   English contemporary dictionary

  • tendentiousness — noun an intentional and controversial bias • Derivationally related forms: ↑tendentious • Hypernyms: ↑bias, ↑prejudice, ↑preconception …   Useful english dictionary

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  • tendentious — adjective Date: 1900 marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view ; biased • tendentiously adverb • tendentiousness noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Helena Swanwick — Helena Lucy Maria Swanwick CH (1864 ndash; 1939) was a British feminist and pacifist.As a schoolgirl, she read On the Subjection of Women by John Stuart Mill, which influenced her to become a feminist. She was educated at Girton College,… …   Wikipedia

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