standpoint

[stand-point]

noun

1. the point or place at which a person stands to view something.

2. the mental position, attitude, etc., from which a person views and judges things.

   From the lawyer's standpoint, her client is right.

standpoint

/ ˈstændˌpɔɪnt /

noun

1. a physical or mental position from which things are viewed

Word History and Origins

Origin of standpoint¹

1820–30; stand + point, modeled on German Standpunkt

Example Sentences

From Beijing’s standpoint, Taiwan is a province of China, and the rest of the world has no right to interfere in how China treats it.

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Their spilt from the party’s standpoint on abortion didn’t come without consequence.

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He sees the company going into “uncharted territory from an earnings standpoint,” and in his view, “the stock has yet to fully price in the upside that’s coming.”

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From a diagnostic standpoint, it overlaps with obsessive-compulsive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder and trauma-related syndromes.

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How could a department be competent when its faculty sees that variety only from the standpoint of a narrow political sect?

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Related Words

• angle 
• point of view 
• viewpoint