🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

expresión sesgada

Pronunciation / Transliteration: eks.pɾeˈsjon sesˈɣa.ða

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Slanter/ˈslæn.tər/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El discurso estaba lleno de expresiones sesgadas para manipular al público."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A linguistic expression or rhetorical device used to present a matter in a biased, slanted way, either by favoring or disparaging a particular point of view.

    "The editorial relied heavily on slanters like 'radical agenda' to sway public opinion without presenting factual arguments."
  2. 2

    A person or thing that slants or tilts.

    "The carpenter adjusted the table leg to correct the slanter in the wood."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the verb slant (from Middle English slenten, meaning to slope or slide) combined with the agent suffix -er. In modern critical thinking and linguistics, it specifically denotes a linguistic device or rhetorical tactic used to present a slanted or biased perspective.

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🇫🇷French → English

orientateur de point de vue

Transliteration: ɔ.ʁjɑ̃.ta.tœʁ də pwɛ̃ də vɥø

"L'article utilise des termes orientateurs pour influencer le lecteur."

🇩🇪German → English

Tendenzausdruck

Transliteration: tɛnˈdɛnt͡sˌʔaʊ̯sdʁʊk

"Der Journalist benutzte einen Tendenzausdruck, um die Leserschaft zu beeinflussen."

🇮🇹Italian → English

espressione tendenziosa

Transliteration: es.presˈsjo.ne ten.denˈt͡sjo.za

"Il testo conteneva diverse espressioni tendenziose."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

expresión sesgada

Transliteration: eks.pɾeˈsjon sesˈɣa.ða

"El discurso estaba lleno de expresiones sesgadas para manipular al público."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

termo tendencioso

Transliteration: ˈteɾ.mu tẽ.dẽ.siˈu.zu

"O artigo usava termos tendenciosos para criar polêmica."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

पूर्ragrahित अभिव्यक्ति

Transliteration: pūrvāgrahit abhivyakti

"लेखक ने अपनी बात मनवाने के लिए पूर्वाग्रहित अभिव्यक्ति का उपयोग किया।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

倾向性词汇

Transliteration: qīngxiàngxìng cíhuì

"这篇报道包含了很多倾向性词汇。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

편향적 표현

Transliteration: pyeonhyangjeok pyohyeon

"그 기사는 독자의 생각을 유도하는 편향적 표현을 사용했다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

偏った表現

Transliteration: katayotta hyougen

"そのニュース記事には多くの偏った表現が含まれていた。"

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