stand-point

See also: standpoint

English

Noun

stand-point (plural stand-points)

1. Archaic form of standpoint.
   • 1849, J[ohn] D[aniel] Morell, The Philosophy of Religion, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, page 423:

     The Church unavoidably stands in the midst of this universal cultivation and science, and all the problems which they moot present themselves necessarily to all the members of the Church, who are scientifically instructed, and necessitate them to seek a solution from the stand-point of their religious consciousness.

   • 1890, Jacob A[ugust] Riis, “The Color Line in New York”, in How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 156:

     The border-land where the white and black races meet in common debauch, the aptly-named black-and-tan saloon, has never been debatable ground from a moral stand-point.

   • 1922 December, “The New ‘All-American’ Audio Frequency Transformers [advertisement]”, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Radio News, volume 4, number 6, New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, →OCLC, page 1221:

     Perfected first, from the stand-point of correct engineering, by proper turns radio, impedance and shielding—then, in our latest models, given the finishing touches of outward beauty that the more critical eye demanded.