point of view
- a specified or stated manner of consideration or appraisal; standpoint: from the point of view of a doctor.
- an opinion, attitude, or judgment: He refuses to change his point of view in the matter.
- the position of the narrator in relation to the story, as indicated by the narrator's outlook from which the events are depicted and by the attitude toward the characters.
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Origin of point of view
First recorded in 1720–30
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Contemporary Examples
Rather than cast a single performer as Woods, the three women have point-of-view sex with the actors portraying him.
Olivier Rousteing also is sustaining the point-of-view at Balmain that returned the house to the spotlight.
Historical Examples
You can express your own point-of-view there if you can get anybody to listen to you.
The Foolish LoversSt. John G. Ervine
But this paper is the soap-box of that chap, and his is the only point-of-view that'll be expressed in it.
The Foolish LoversSt. John G. Ervine
Mrs. Longpré's point-of-view as regarded Jack and Florence was that of nearly all the faculty women who knew them.
Ann Arbor TalesKarl Edwin Harriman
After all, looking at it from their point-of-view, and bearing in mind the freedom of the individual, why shouldn't they?
Heart and SoulVictor Mapes (AKA Maveric Post)
We can see the effects of certain occurrences and judge of their relative importance, from man's point-of-view.
Heart and SoulVictor Mapes (AKA Maveric Post)
point of view
- a position from which someone or something is observed
- a mental viewpoint or attitude
- the mental position from which a story is observed or narratedthe omniscient point of view
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Word Origin and History for point of view
n.
"position from which a thing is viewed," 1727, translating French point de vue, a loan-translation of Latin punctum visus. Figurative use is from 1760. The Latin phrase was translated into German as Gesichtspunkt.
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Idioms and Phrases with point of view
point of view
An attitude or standpoint, how one sees or thinks of something. For example, From the manufacturer's point of view, the critical issue is cost. This expression, originally alluding to one's vantage point in seeing a building or painting or other object, dates from the early 1700s.
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