tS=The documentary elicited a mixed response, but the director defended it with a mixture of amusing insights and <b>tendentious</b> bluster.<br><br>The government issued guidance that all publicity ``should be objective and explanatory, not <b>tendentious</b> or polemical.''&tQ=<b>Tendentious</b> means:&tC=Meant to sooth|Apologetic|Arrogant|Self-promoting|One-sided&cC=5&fB=<b>Tendentious</b> means one-side, partisan, biased, having or advancing a definite point of view. A second meaning for <b>tendentious</b> is trouble-making or rebellious. Who would have imagined the sweet child would turn into such a <b>tendentious</b> teenager? <b>Tendentious</b> is pronounced ten-DEN-chus.
