Hypertext Webster Gateway: "standpoint"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Standpoint \Stand"point`\, n. [Cf. G. standpunkt.]
A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a
position from which objects or principles are viewed, and
according to which they are compared and judged.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
standpoint
n : a mental position from which things are viewed; "we should
consider this problem from the viewpoint of the
Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of
view toward current events" [syn: {point of view}, {viewpoint},
{stand}]
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