tendentiousness
Pushing an agenda
Tendentiousness is the quality of promoting a particular viewpoint, especially in a way that seems biased or one-sided.
A tendentious argument doesn't just have a perspective—it pushes that perspective in a way others find unfair or slanted: The report's tendentiousness undermined its credibility.
The word carries a note of criticism, suggesting advocacy dressed up as objectivity.
Oblique angle or bias
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
- partisanshipLoyalty to one faction
predisposition · leaning · subjectivity · one-sidedness · skew · distortion · inclination · predilection
Rapid rotation around axis
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
- advocacyPleading for a cause
lobbying · persuasion · agitprop · disinformation · messaging · framing · editorializing · slanting
Rigidly attached to doctrine
- ideologicalRelating to belief systems
- rigidUnable to bend
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- zealousPassionately eager and active
fanatical · orthodox · opinionated · uncompromising · absolutist · intolerant · illiberal · closed-minded
Inclined to dispute
- contentiousInclined toward disagreement
- disputatiousFond of arguing
- combativeInclined toward conflict
- provocativeMeant to provoke response
antagonistic · contrarian · quarrelsome · belligerent · polemical · inflammatory · divisive · confrontational
slant
Oblique angle or bias
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
partisanship · predisposition · leaning · subjectivity · one-sidedness · skew · distortion · inclination · predilection · sectarianism
spin
Rapid rotation around axis
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
- manipulationUnderhanded control of others
advocacy · lobbying · persuasion · agitprop · disinformation · messaging · framing · editorializing · slanting · cherry-picking
doctrinaire
Rigidly attached to doctrine
- ideologicalRelating to belief systems
- rigidUnable to bend
- inflexibleUnable to bend
zealous · fanatical · orthodox · opinionated · uncompromising · absolutist · intolerant · illiberal · closed-minded · single-minded
argumentative
Inclined to dispute
- contentiousInclined toward disagreement
- disputatiousFond of arguing
- combativeInclined toward conflict
provocative · antagonistic · contrarian · quarrelsome · belligerent · polemical · inflammatory · divisive · confrontational · aggressive
- media biasmedia bias, bias, editorial bias, slant, partisan
tendentiousnessimpartiality
Freedom from prejudice
objectivity · fairness · neutrality · even-handedness · disinterestedness
tendentiousnessobjectiveness
State of being unbiased
intellectual honesty · factuality · truthfulness · straightforwardness · candor
tender, attend, extend, pretend, tend, intend, intention, tendency, contend