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viewpoint
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun viewpoint has 2 senses
- viewpoint(n = noun.cognition) point of view, stand, standpoint - 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
- viewpoint(n = noun.location) vantage point - a place from which something can be viewed; "from that vantage point he could survey the whole valley" is a kind of vantage
has particulars: cityscape, landscape, angle, slant, complexion
THESAURUS
viewpoint
Anschauung, angle, angle of vision, aspect, attitude, base, basis, coign of vantage, configuration, context, direction, distance, effect, eidolon, estimation, eye, facet, fashion, feature, figure, footing, form, frame of reference, framework, gestalt, ground, guise, image, imago, impression, light, likeness, lineaments, long, look, manner, mental outlook, outlook, perspective, phase, phasis, place, point of view, position, post, posture, reference, reference system, regard, respect, seat, seeming, semblance, shape, side, sight, simulacrum, situation, slant, stance, stand, standing, standpoint, station, status, style, system, total effect, twist, universe, vantage, vantage point, venue, view, way of thinking, wise
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