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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

(The New York Times,...)

From the standpoint of the army of duffers , however , this was easily the most heartening exhibition they had had since Ben_Hogan fell upon evil ways during his heyday and scored an 11 in the Texas_open .

(The Providence Journal...)

This may be unfortunate , perhaps , from the standpoint of David_Hedison , Providence 's contribution to Hollywood , who is appearing by special arrangement with 20th_Century-Fox .

(High Fidelity, 11:10...)

From a technical standpoint , the string playing is good , but the Pro_Arte people fail to enter into the spirit of things here .

From the technical standpoint , records differ from live music to the degree that they fail to convey the true color , texture , complexity , range , intensity , pulse , and pitch of the original .

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