standpoint

See also: stand-point

English

Alternative forms

• stand-point (archaic)

Etymology

From stand +‎ point, a calque of German Standpunkt. Similar constructions used in other languages, such as Japanese 立場 (tachiba, literally “standing place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstændpɔɪnt/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ændpɔɪnt

Noun

standpoint (plural standpoints)

1. Point of view; perspective

   Bathing once a month may save time, but from a cleanliness standpoint, it's not effective.

   • 2017 January 20, Annie Zaleski, “AFI sounds refreshed and rejuvenated on its 10th album, AFI (The Blood Album)”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     Plus, early in a career, bands are typically winging it from a creative standpoint; after awhile, acts figure out what they’re doing right (or wrong), and are more deliberate about songcraft and execution.

   • 2020 April 2, “Life-Saving Answer to the Coronavirus”, in Minghui‎^[2]:

     From the standpoint of traditional Chinese culture, it is believed that mind and body are the same and diseases stem from wicked thoughts or energy, while kind thoughts and positive energy will bring blessings and healing to a person.

Derived terms

• standpoint epistemology
• standpoint theory

 

Translations

point of view

• Bulgarian: гледна точка f (gledna točka), становище (bg) n (stanovište)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 立場／立场 (zh) (lìchǎng), 觀點／观点 (zh) (guāndiǎn)

• Danish: standpunkt
• Dutch: standpunt (nl) n, uitgangspunt (nl) n
• Esperanto: starpunkto (eo), vidpunkto (eo)
• Finnish: näkökulma (fi)
• French: point de vue (fr) m
• Galician: punto de vista (gl) m
• Georgian: შეხედულება (šexeduleba), თვალსაზრისი (tvalsazrisi), დამოკიდებულება (damoḳidebuleba), მიდგომა (midgoma)
• German: Standpunkt (de) m, Sichtweise (de) f
• Hungarian: álláspont (hu)
• Interlingua: puncto de vista
• Italian: punto di vista (it)
• Japanese: 観点 (ja) (かんてん, kanten)
• Latvian: viedoklis m
• Norwegian: standpunkt
• Polish: punkt widzenia (pl)
• Portuguese: ponto de vista (pt) m
• Romanian: punct de vedere n
• Russian: то́чка зре́ния (ru) f (tóčka zrénija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тачка гледишта f, точка гледишта f

  Roman: tačka gledišta f, točka gledišta f

• Spanish: punto de vista (es) m
• Swedish: ståndpunkt (sv) c
• Ukrainian: то́чка зо́ру (uk) f (tóčka zóru)