standpoint

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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.

Translations

point of view

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 立場／立场 (zh) (lìchǎng), 立场 (zh) (lìchǎng), 觀點／观点 (zh) (guāndiǎn), 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
• German: Standpunkt (de) m, Sichtweise (de) f
• Hungarian: álláspont (hu)
• Interlingua: puncto de vista
• Italian: punto di vista (it)
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• 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: тачка гледишта (tačka gledišta)
• Spanish: punto de vista (es) m
• Swedish: ståndpunkt (sv) c
• Ukrainian: то́чка зо́ру (uk) f (tóčka zóru)