tendentiousness.

A way of presenting an issue that pushes a particular viewpoint while claiming more neutrality than it deserves.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• tendentiousness of a reading
• obvious tendentiousness

On the page

The selection of quotations revealed the reading's tendentiousness.

Usage notes

Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: uncommon.