单词 | standpoint |
释义 | standpointn. 1. A perspective, attitude, opinion, or belief inherent to a specific frame of reference, type of person, etc. Also: a perspective held in relation to a specific topic, issue, or object of contemplation. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > mental attitude, point of view > [noun] spectaclec1386 reckoninga1393 view1573 sect1583 prospective1603 light1610 posture1642 point of view1701 stand1819 attitude of mind1832 psychology1834 standpoint1834 perspective1841–8 position1845 viewpoint1856 angle1860 way of looking at it1861 attitudea1873 pose1892 Anschauung1895 slant1905 1834 J. G. Birney Let. 15 July in Lexington (Kentucky) Intelligencer 22 July 6/6 Each ascent that my mind made to a higher and purer moral and intellectual region, I used as a stand-point to survey deliberately all the tract that I had left. 1854 M. Evans tr. L. Feuerbach Essence Christianity ix. 96 This abstraction..is determined by the essential standpoint [Ger. Standpunkt] of man. 1925 Woman's World (Chicago) Apr. 67/3 The modern overstuffed chair, a horror from the standpoint of taste, of cleanliness, and economy. 2011 S. Azaransky Dream is Freedom v. 130 Murray appealed to the interrelation of human rights specifically from the standpoint of an American African woman. 2. A place or position where a person stands while looking at an object, scene, etc.; the point from which something is viewed or observed. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > place where view obtained > [noun] sightc1515 standing point1606 station1659 aspect1660 point of view1701 viewpoint1839 visual point1842 standpoint1843 eye-point1875 1843 Newburyport (Mass.) Herald 25 Sept. The best time to seek this stand-point, is either at early morn, or just at sunset. 1907 J. A. Hodges Elem. Photogr. (ed. 6) 142 A suitable stand-point having been selected. 1992 P. Vergo 20th-cent. German Painting 284 The present picture is painted from a standpoint close to the bottom of the garden, with the parish church of St Nikolaus and its cluster of adjacent buildings prominent in the background. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > [noun] estatec1230 statec1300 rowa1350 qualityc1425 calling1477 range1494 line1528 stature1533 respect1601 station1603 gradationa1616 ordinancea1616 repute1615 spherea1616 distance1635 impression1639 civils1650 footing1657 regimen1660 order1667 sect1709 caste1791 status1818 position1829 social status1833 standpoint1875 1875 A. Helps Social Pressure iii. 54 They direct all, or the greatest part of, their efforts to insure a most favourable standpoint for their children. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1834 |
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