I am reading Ann Althouse's post this morning, "I’m fairly certain womenfolk everywhere saw themselves in that statement and felt something deep inside their souls." and come across what initially seems a faulty spelling. The word is sententious which I assume is intended to be tendentious. But I am wrong. Sententious is its own word.
/tenˈdenSHəs/adjectiveexpressing or intending to promote a particular cause or point of view, especially a controversial one."a tendentious reading of history"
versus
/senˈten(t)SHəs/adjectivegiven to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner."he tried to encourage his men with sententious rhetoric"
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