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STANDPOINT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)