Just for fun or even for profit, use today's word in some way. Go ahead. I dare you.
tendentious
Pronunciation: /tenˈdenSHəsadjective
expressing or intending to promote a particular cause or point of view, especially a controversial one: a tendentious reading of history
Origin
early 20th century: suggested by German tendenziös
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The US Congress has become a complex mix of tendentious factions. Designed as a dynamic "legislative body", it has recently seemed to be more a dismembered zombie.
[Not that I have a particular point of view about it.]
