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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The characteristic of being tendentious. uncountable, usually

   "Near-synonyms: partisanship, bias, biasedness, slant, partiality, prejudice"

2. 2
   an intentional and controversial bias wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

biasbiasednesspartialitypartisanshipprejudiceslant

Antonyms

All antonyms

;balancefairnessimpartiality

Example

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"Near-synonyms: partisanship, bias, biasedness, slant, partiality, prejudice"

Etymology

From tendentious + -ness.

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