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point of view en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Calque of French point de vue.

Meanings

1. A position from which something is seen.
   • 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. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
   • From the operator's point of view, there is a large blind spot on one side of the machine.
   • 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. 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Protheans: Cipher Codex entry:
2. (figuratively) An attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs.
   • His point of view is that there is only one true religion.
   • Near-synonyms: slant, bias
   • You just think, think / About your point of view / You don't have to get involved / No one's forcing you 1977, Ashford & Simpson, “Don't Cost You Nothing”, in Send It:
3. (qualifier:literary theory) The perspective from which a narrative is related.
   • 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. 1999, Lise Menn, Akio Kamio, Makoto Hayashi, Ikuyo Fujita, Sumiko Sasanuma, Larry Boles, “The Role of Empathy in Sentence Production”, in Akio Kamio, Ken-ichi Takami, editors, Function and Structure, page 331:
   • The storyline in the film “The Usual Suspects” is presented from the point of view of an unreliable narrator.
4. (qualifier:literary theory) The perspective from which a narrative is related. ▸ The point-of-view character in a story.

Forms

Deriveds

point-of-viewless · NPOV · point-of-viewlessness · point-of-viewness

Relateds

point of vision · point of sight · third person · line of sight · worldview · in someone's view · second person · first person · point of reference

Synonyms

slant · outlook · perspective · outlook · POV · viewpoint · standpoint · viewpoint · viewpoint · bias · POV · perspective · perspective · standpoint · viewpoint · perspective

Translations (159)

nb synspunkt (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · mn үзэл бодол (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · cmn 視角 /视角 (perspective from which a narrative is related) · fi näkökulma (perspective from which a narrative is related) · ar حَيْثِيَّة (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · fi mielipide (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · cmn 角度 (perspective from which a narrative is related) · de Perspektive (perspective from which a narrative is related) · de Gesichtspunkt (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · ka თვალთახედვა (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · es punto de vista (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · de Sicht (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · sh tačka gledišta (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · sa दृष्टि (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · ro punct de vedere (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · cmn 角度 (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · ka თვალსაზრისი (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · th มุมมอง (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · mr दृष्टिकोन (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · tl pananaw (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · pt ponto de vista (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · fi näkökulma (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · et perspektiiv (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · ja 観点 (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · hu álláspont (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · ca punt de vista (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · uk то́чка зо́ру (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · ro opinie (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · be пункт по́гляду (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · de Blickwinkel (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · sk uhol pohľadu (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · el στάση (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · mn ойлголт (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · pt ponto de vista (perspective from which a narrative is related) · ar وِجْهَة نَظَر (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · ru то́чка зре́ния (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · tl pananaw (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · tl punto de bista (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · el οπτική γωνία (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · nl oogpunt (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · cs úhel pohledu (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · ja 観点 (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · mk гледиште (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · de Sicht (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · el θεώρηση (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · et vaatenurk (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · fr point de vue (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · lv viedoklis (perspective from which a narrative is related) · nn synsvinkel (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · gd ionad-seallaidh (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · es óptica (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · sk hľadisko (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · sh точка гледишта (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · hi दृष्टिकोण (perspective from which a narrative is related) · fi näkökanta (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · ca punt de vista (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · ar وِجْهَة نَظَر (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · eo vidpunkto (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · th มุมมอง (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · sk pohľad (perspective from which a narrative is related) · pt ponto de vista (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · nl perspectief (perspective from which a narrative is related) · ka თვალსაზრისი (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · gd ionad-beachd (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · sh glȅdīšte (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · de Perspektive (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · hu szempont (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · de Ansicht (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · es punto de vista (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · ko 관점 (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · hy տեսակետ (perspective from which a narrative is related) · nb synsvinkel (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · de Sicht (perspective from which a narrative is related) · hu nézőpont (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · pl punkt widzenia (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · gl punto de vista (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · sl zorni kot (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · nn synspunkt (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · cmn 觀點 /观点 (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · lv viedoklis (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · cs úhel pohledu (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · vi góc nhìn (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · cs hledisko (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · fi näkemys (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · kk көзқарас (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · cs pohled (perspective from which a narrative is related) · fa-ira نُقْطِهنَظَر (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · nl oogpunt (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · es vertiente (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · cmn 觀點 /观点 (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · tr görüş (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · be пункт гле́джання (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · ro punct de vedere (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · hi दृष्टिकोण (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · nl gezichtspunt (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · fi kanta (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · da synsvinkel (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · de Standpunkt (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · sl zórni kót (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · et vaatevinkel (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · fr opinion (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · sk uhol pohľadu (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · el άποψη (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · ru то́чка зре́ния (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · eo vidpunkto (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · eo vidpunkto (perspective from which a narrative is related) · gd ionad-beachd (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · sh točka gledišta (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · eo sinteno (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · tr bakış açısı (perspective from which a narrative is related) · el θέση (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · ka თვალთახედვა (perspective from which a narrative is related) · mn ойлголт (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · gd ionad-seallaidh (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · mn үзэл бодол (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · tl pananaw (perspective from which a narrative is related) · it punto di vista (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · sh тачка гледишта (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · uk то́чка зо́ру (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · be пункт по́гляду (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · sh гле̏дӣште (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · it punto di vista (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · ru то́чка зре́ния (perspective from which a narrative is related) · es punto observacional (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · pl punkt widzenia (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · ro punct de vedere (perspective from which a narrative is related) · tr bakış açısı (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · mk гледна точка (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · bg гле́дна то́чка (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · be пункт гле́джання (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · kk көзқарас (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · vi quan điểm (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · lv viedoklis (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · gl punto de vista (perspective from which a narrative is related) · ka თვალსაზრისი (perspective from which a narrative is related) · la sententia (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · hy տեսակետ (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · ko 관점 (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · gl punto de vista (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · nl gezichtspunt (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · de Ansicht (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · ka თვალთახედვა (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · hi नज़र (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · de Blickpunkt (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · hi परिप्रेक्ष्य (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · el θέση (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · pl punkt widzenia (perspective from which a narrative is related) · hi दृष्टिकोण (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · ro perspectivă (perspective from which a narrative is related) · hu nézőpont (perspective from which a narrative is related) · fi näkökanta (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · th มุมมอง (perspective from which a narrative is related) · de Blickwinkel (perspective from which a narrative is related) · hy տեսակետ (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · az nəzər nöqtəsi (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · ga dearcadh (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs) · el άποψη (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · fr point de vue (position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint) · th ทัศนคติ (attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs)