Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A manner of viewing things; an attitude.
- noun A position from which something is observed or considered; a standpoint.
- noun The attitude or outlook of a narrator or character in a piece of literature, a movie, or another art form.
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- noun A
position from which something is seen;outlook ;standpoint . - noun An
attitude ,opinion , orset ofbeliefs . - noun literary theory The
perspective from which anarrative is related.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a mental position from which things are viewed
- noun the spatial property of the position from which something is observed
Etymologies
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calqued on French phrase point de vue
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uselessness commented on the word point of view
A writer must not shift your point of view.
January 25, 2007