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standpoint
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun standpoint has 1 sense
- standpoint(n = noun.cognition) point of view, stand, viewpoint - 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" is a kind of position, posture, stance
has particulars: cityscape, landscape, angle, slant, complexion
CIDE DICTIONARY
standpoint, 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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
standpoint, n.
1 the position from which a thing is viewed.
2 a mental attitude.
1 the position from which a thing is viewed.
2 a mental attitude.
THESAURUS
standpoint
Anschauung, angle, angle of vision, base, basis, coign of vantage, direction, distance, eye, footing, frame of reference, framework, ground, light, mental outlook, outlook, perspective, place, point of view, position, post, reference system, regard, respect, seat, side, sight, situation, slant, stand, standing, station, status, system, universe, vantage, vantage point, venue, view, viewpointROGET THESAURUS
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Situation
N situation, position, locality, locale, status, latitude and longitude, footing, standing, standpoint, post, stage, aspect, attitude, posture, pose, environment, surroundings (location), circumjacence, place, site, station, seat, venue, whereabouts, ground, bearings, spot, topography, geography, chorography, map, situate, situated, local, topical, topographical, in situ, in loco, here and there, passim, hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts, in place, here, there, in such and such surroundings, in such and such environs, in such and such entourage, amidst such and such surroundings, amidst such and such environs, amidst such and such entourage.
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