point of view

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English

Etymology

calqued on French phrase point de vue

Noun

point of view (plural points of view)

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

   From an economist's point of view, business is all about money.

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

   His point of view is that there is only one true religion.

3. (literary theory) The perspective from which a narrative is related.

   The storyline in the film The Usual Suspects is presented from the point of view of an unreliable narrator.

Synonyms

• standpoint
• viewpoint
• perspective

Translations

A position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint

Catalan: punt de vista (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 觀點 (zh), 观点 (zh) (guāndiǎn) Czech: hledisko (cs) n. Esperanto: vidpunkto (eo) Finnish: näkökulma, näkökanta French: point de vue (fr) German: Blickpunkt (de) m. Greek: άποψη (el) (ápopsi) f., θεώρηση (el) (θeórisi) f., θέση (el) (θési) f.

Italian: punto di vista (it) Japanese: 観点 (ja) (かんてん, kanten) Korean: 관점 (ko) (gwanjeom) (觀點 (ko)) Portuguese: ponto de vista (pt) Romanian: punct de vedere (ro) Russian: точка зрения (ru) (tóčka zrénija) f. Scottish Gaelic: ionad-beachd (gd) m., ionad-seallaidh (gd) m. Spanish: punto de vista (es) m. Ukrainian: точка зору (uk) (tóčka zóru) f.

An attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs

Arabic: وجهة النظر (ar) (wajhat al-naZar) f. Catalan: punt de vista (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 觀點 (zh), 观点 (zh) (guāndiǎn) Esperanto: vidpunkto (eo) French: point de vue (fr), opinion (fr) German: Blickpunkt (de) m., Gesichtspunkt (de) m., Standpunkt (de) m. Greek: άποψη (el) (ápopsi) f., θέση (el) (θési) f., στάση (el) (stási) f. Italian: punto di vista (it)

Japanese: 観点 (ja) (かんてん, kanten) Portuguese: ponto de vista (pt) Romanian: punct de vedere (ro) Russian: точка зрения (ru) (tóčka zrénija) f. Scottish Gaelic: ionad-beachd (gd) m., ionad-seallaidh (gd) m. Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can Slovene: please add this translation if you can Spanish: punto de vista (es) m. Ukrainian: точка зору (uk) (tóčka zóru) f.

The perspective from which a narrative is related

Esperanto: vidpunkto (eo) Portuguese: ponto de vista (pt)

Romanian: punct de vedere (ro) n. Russian: точка зрения (ru) (tóčka zrénija) f.

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German: die Ansicht, die Perspektive

See also

• first person
• second person
• third person
• point of reference
• worldview

References

• "point of view" in Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2007 Microsoft Corporation.
• "point of view" in the Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.