point of view

Definitions

1. A position from which something is seen.
2. An attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs.
3. The perspective from which a narrative is related.

Equivalents

39 more languages

العربيةجهةحيثيةوجهةوِجْهَة نَظَر+ 1 more

Azərbaycan dilinəzər nöqtəsi

Беларускаяпункт гледжанняпункт погляду

Bosanskikantaгледиште

Catalàpunt de vista

Češtinahlediskopohled

Ελληνικάάποψηθέσηθεώρησηοπτική γωνίαπρίσμαστάση+ 3 more

Esperantosintenovidpunkto

Eestivaatenurk

Suomikantalähestymiskulmamielipidenäkemysnäkökantanäkökulmanäkövinkkelivinkkeli+ 5 more

Gaeilgedearcadh

Gàidhligionad-beachdionad-seallaidhsealladh

עבריתדעהזווית

हिन्दीदृष्टिकोणनज़रनज़रिया

Hrvatskikantaгледиште

Magyarálláspontnézőpontszempont

Հայերենտեսակետ

Bahasa Indonesiakacamatasudut

Italianopunto di vista

日本語目線見地視点観点+ 1 more

ქართულითვალთახედვათვალსაზრისი

Қазақ тілікөзқарас

한국어관점눈

Latinasententiaspecies

Latviešuviedoklis

Македонскигледиште

Монголойлголт

Nederlandsgezichtspuntoogpuntperspectief

Polskipunkt widzenia

Portuguêsponto de vista

Românăopinieperspectivăpunct de vedere

Русскийточка зрения

Slovenčinapohľad

Српскиkantaгледиште

ไทยทัศนคติทัศนะมุมมองแง่+ 1 more

Tagalogpananawpunto de bista

Türkçebakış açısıcihetgörüşzaviye+ 1 more

Українськаточка зору

Tiếng Việtgóc nhìnquan điểm

Examples

“From the operator's point⟳ of view⟳, there is a large blind spot on one side of the machine.”

“From an economist's point⟳ of view⟳, business is all about money.”

“From another point⟳ of view⟳, it was a place⟳ without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press⟳, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied.”

“It has been suggested that Prothean data recording is highly dependent on a certain point⟳ of view⟳, what Carl Jung described as the collective unconscious. The 'cipher' needed to comprehend the images implanted in Shepard's mind⟳ is the cultural knowledge of a Prothean: the archetypes, biological instincts, and common experiences universal to the race⟳.”

“Near-synonyms: slant, bias”

“His point⟳ of view⟳ is that there is only one true religion.”

“The storyline in the film “The Usual Suspects” is presented from the point⟳ of view⟳ of an unreliable narrator.”

“Therefore, there may be no overt indication of viewpoint, either because the speaker fails to mark⟳ his or her viewpoint, or because he or she takes a neutral point⟳ of view⟳.”

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