Point of view

Full definition of point of view

Noun

1. A position from which something is seen; outlook; standpoint.
   From an economist's point of view, business is all about money.
• 1918, W. B. Maxwell, The Mirror and the Lamp Chapter 22, 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.
   His point of view is that there is only one true religion.
3. (literary theory) 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.

Synonyms

• standpoint
• viewpoint
• perspective