point of view

noun

Etymology

Calque of French point de vue.

Definitions

  1. A position from which something is seen.

    • From the operator's point of view, there is a large blind spot on one side of the machine.
    • From an economist's point of view, business is all about money.
    • From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied.
  2. An attitude, opinion, or set of beliefs.

    • Near-synonyms: slant, bias
    • His point of view is that there is only one true religion.
  3. 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.
    • Therefore, there may be no overt indication of viewpoint, either because the speaker fails to mark his or her viewpoint, or because he or she takes a neutral point of view.

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