STANDPOINT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A mental position from which things are viewed

Example:

teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events

Synonyms:

point of view; stand; standpoint; viewpoint

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("standpoint" is a kind of...):

position; posture; stance (a rationalized mental attitude)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "standpoint"):

cityscape (a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area)

landscape (an extensive mental viewpoint)

angle; slant (a biased way of looking at or presenting something)

complexion (a point of view or general attitude or inclination)