viewpoint

[ vyoo-point ]

/ ˈvyuˌpɔɪnt /

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noun

a place affording a view of something; position of observation: to sketch a river from the viewpoint of a bluff.

an attitude of mind, or the circumstances of an individual that conduce to such an attitude: new marketing techniques seen from the consumer's viewpoint.

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2 standpoint, perspective, position, stance, angle.

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Origin of viewpoint

1855–60; alteration of point of view, modeled on standpoint

How to use viewpoint in a sentence

It also made it easier for people of different viewpoints to collaborate.
You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story|Walter Isaacson|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The current political stalemate is about real things, contentious issues, conflicting viewpoints, and people.
Obama Can Speak to His Base, but Other Americans Want More|Lloyd Green|May 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Great leaders never fear contrary viewpoints or conflicting data.
What Hockey Players Can Teach our Toothless Politicians|Dave Maney|April 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Gather as much relevant data as fast as you can from as many viewpoints as possible.
What Hockey Players Can Teach our Toothless Politicians|Dave Maney|April 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

And now those varieties of viewpoints could diminish further.
The Movement to Boycott the American Studies Association for Boycotting Israel|David Freedlander|February 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The foregoing scene gives some hint of the viewpoints of the young ladies in question.
Peggy Stewart at School|Gabrielle E. Jackson
There are two different viewpoints from which we may discuss all phases of Life, namely, the mystical and the ethical.
Sex=The Unknown Quantity|Ali Nomad
The viewpoints they had brought to the meeting now closed their minds to the meanings he was trying to open to them.
Herein is Love|Reuel L. Howe
Our minds simply looked at the world from different viewpoints, and perhaps his viewpoint is as true as ours.
A Martian Odyssey|Stanley Grauman Weinbaum
The great viewpoints and the great world philosophies are found logically at the end of a long study of life, if anywhere.
Folkways|William Graham Sumner

British Dictionary definitions for viewpoint

viewpoint

/ (ˈvjuːˌpɔɪnt) /

noun

the mental attitude that determines a person's opinions or judgments; point of view

a place from which something can be viewed

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