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[ noun ] a mental position from which things are viewed

Examples

"we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians" "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events"

Used in print

(Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)

It will be recalled from the discussion in Section 7 that the position of the `` right '' , as represented by Barth , rests_on the following thesis : The only tenable alternative to Bultmann 's position is a theology that ( 1 ) rejects or at_least qualifies his unconditioned demand for demythologization and existential interpretation ; ( 2 ) accepts instead a special biblical hermeneutics or method of interpretation ; and ( 3 ) in so doing , frees itself to give appropriate emphasis to the event Jesus_Christ by means of statements that , from Bultmann 's point_of_view , are mythological .

(Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)

It is an understandable paradox that most American history and most American literature is today written from an essentially egocentric and isolationistic point_of_view at the very time America is spreading her dominion over palm and pine .

(Richard F. McLaughlin, et al., "A study of the...)

The opposition to this point_of_view has its staunchest support in the work of Miller ( ' 50 ) .

(Tristram Coffin, Not to the Swift....)

Therefore , he decided he was unfair to the young_man and should make an effort to understand and sympathize with his point_of_view .

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[ noun ] the spatial property of the position from which something is observed

Related terms

position camera_angle

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