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Definition of Point of view

1. Noun. A mental position from which things are viewed. "Teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events"

2. Noun. The spatial property of the position from which something is observed.

Definition of Point of view

1. Noun. A position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint. ¹

2. Noun. An attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs. ¹

3. Noun. (context: literary theory) The perspective from which a narrative is related. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Point Of View

point of inflection point of interest point of intersection point of maximal impulse point of no return point of order point of ossification point of periapsis point of pride point of proximal contact

point of purchase point of reference point of regard point of sail point of sale point of view (current term) point out point projection point release point releases

point source point sources point system point system test types point taken point tenderness point the bone point the finger point the finger at point the way

Literary usage of Point of view

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Psychological Review by American Psychological Association (1903)
"The direct result of such a point of view is that we have to deal with what may be called psychic or subjective series alone, and the remote consequences, ..."

2. Psychological Review by American Psychological Association (1894)
"The advantage and necessity of taking the biological point of view in ... For this point of view makes the study of these subjects objective and as free as ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"For the ethical implications of pantheism are as detrimental to it as ita shortcomings from the point of view of consistency and reasonableness. ..."

4. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"The point of view of any individual writer influences not only his judgment of ... In the vast and diversified area of modern history, the point of view ..."

5. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1921)
"B. FROM A FEDERATION SECRETARY'S point of view C, M. Bookman, Executive Secretary, Community Chest of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Cincinnati. ..."

6. Transactions by European Orthodontic Society, Lina Oswald, Northern Ohio Dental Society, Ossory Archaeological Society, Wentworth Historical Society, Society of Automobile Engineers (1910)
"By AIEE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR AN INDUCTION MOTOR FROM THE USER'S point of view BY WALTER B. NYE In attempting to discuss this problem I have a natural ..."

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