Standpoint meaning

stăndpoint
A position from which something is or may be viewed.
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A position from which things are considered or judged; a point of view.
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The mental position from which things are judged; point of view.
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Point of view; perspective.

Bathing once a month may save time, but from a cleanliness standpoint, it's not effective.

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Origin of standpoint

  • Translation of German Standpunkt

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • stand +"Ž point, a calque of German Standpunkt. Similar constructions used in other languages, such as Japanese ç«‹å ´ (たちば, tachiba) meaning standing place.

    From Wiktionary

Standpoint Sentence Examples

  • It is from a similar standpoint that Aaron is condemned for the manufacture of the golden calf, and a compiler (not the original writer) finds its sequel in the election of the faithful Levites.'

  • Her erotic dreams were proof that he was becoming more than a friend to her, and that thought was troubling - both from the standpoint of her goals, and the fact that she was setting herself up for rejection.

  • Whatever recollection they preserved of their origin and of the circumstances of their entry would be retold from a new standpoint; the ethnological traditions would gain a new meaning; the assimilation would in time become complete.

  • With this the whole standpoint of the prophecy agrees.

  • This Volkerpsychologie (folkor comparative psychology) is one of the chief developments of the Herbartian theory of philosophy; it is a protest not only against the so-called scientific standpoint of natural philosophers, but also against the individualism of the positivists.

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