Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A position from which something is observed or considered; a point of view.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Point of view.
Wiktionary
- n. The position from which something is observed or considered; an angle, outlook or point of view.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a place from which something can be viewed
- n. a mental position from which things are viewed
Examples
“In these photographs, as in dreams, the viewpoint is a disembodied one.”
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“I have no idea whether other people with high-functioning autism see the world this way; the viewpoint is the young author's own, and I found the book, published for the young adult market, consistently funny and heart-rending.”
“Sadly, some anonymous idiots take that second post opportunity to once again demonstrate that their viewpoint is the only one they will consider, going on the attack once again.”
“It's not that we don't respect their opinion, as we should, but that their viewpoint is a dime a dozen and THERE IS NOTHING "creative" or "unique" about making a film right now dealing with current issues.”
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“In my experience her viewpoint is the norm rather than the exception.”
“I am sure Mr. Kimber would agree with me that this viewpoint is a complete fallacy.”
“My own viewpoint is that anything symbolic gains its meaning from its context.”
“Threatening any politician regardless of party or viewpoint is un-American and should not be tolerated.”
“But, what you buy with this viewpoint is that you get a richer picture: everyone can have more “solid” statements (aka, theorems), but they can also have speculations (aka, conjectures).”
“If this viewpoint is correct than a computer AI of sufficient complexity should be able to do anything a human mind can.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘viewpoint’.
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PHIL - vocabulary of thinking
Athenian, Socratic, philosopher, dialogue, philosophy, philosophical, politic, stubborn, bright, smart, thoughtful, extrapolate and 243 more...
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Words related to knowledge
Words that relate to learning, knowing, being enlightened...
revelation, eureka, awakening, idea, sapient, astute, canny, intelligent, wise, sharp, shrewd, informed and 467 more...
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To a point
to the point
dot, betoken, cusp, nib, neb, nadir, bespeak, eutectic, punctilio, fulcrum, stretch a point, make a point and 69 more...
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Reading Reading
Words from the works of Peter Reading - at least one from each (except the Schwitters-esque erosions, cut-ups etc).
overbright, pimpled, muskiness, effuse, stoup, maul, unlevel, viscid, perfidious, glibly, aloes, drouth and 449 more...
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Learned words
Words which are highly likely to be found in the work of learned writers.
ailurophile, labyrinthine, lagniappe, colleague, anechoic, reglets, fluctuations, scalar, implicit, constitute, mortification, ambassadors and 629 more...
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Hilary's List
Just a list of words I like
wellspring, mystery, wonderment, intrinsic, artisan, enchantment, magic, transience, incomplete, impermanent, imperfect, resonance and 163 more...
Tweets
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concerning Huntington's Chorea
from the viewpoint of a Year 2
Pharmacy student...
- Peter Reading, Stedman's, from Diplopic, 1983 Jun 30, 2008