VIEWPOINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does viewpoint mean? 

• VIEWPOINT (noun)
  The noun VIEWPOINT has 2 senses:

1. a mental position from which things are viewed

2. a place from which something can be viewed

  Familiarity information: VIEWPOINT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VIEWPOINT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A mental position from which things are viewed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

point of view; stand; standpoint; viewpoint

Context example:

teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events

Hypernyms ("viewpoint" is a kind of...):

position; posture; stance (a rationalized mental attitude)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "viewpoint"):

cityscape (a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area)

landscape (an extensive mental viewpoint)

angle; slant (a biased way of looking at or presenting something)

complexion (a point of view or general attitude or inclination)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A place from which something can be viewed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

vantage point; viewpoint

Context example:

from that vantage point he could survey the whole valley

Hypernyms ("viewpoint" is a kind of...):

vantage (place or situation affording some advantage (especially a comprehensive view or commanding perspective))

 Context examples 

Mission scientists have discovered that the layers of haze in Pluto’s nitrogen atmosphere vary in brightness depending on illumination and viewpoint, yet the haze itself maintains its overall vertical structure.

(Pluto’s Haze Varies in Brightness, NASA)

With Mars opposed to your natal Sun, you won’t have total control, so you will have to be open-minded and work with other’s viewpoints and opinions.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)