tendenz
noun
ten·denz
tenˈdents
plural tendenzen
-ntsən
: a dominating point of view or purpose influencing the structure and content of a literary work : leaning
scarcely a week went by without a new magazine of some unearthly tendenz or other appearing on the stands
H. L. Mencken
H. L. Mencken
Word History
Etymology
German, literally, tendency, from Medieval Latin tendentia