English

Noun

point of view ‎(plural points of view)

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, chapter 22, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     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
• POV

Translations

See also

• first person
• second person
• third person
• point of reference
• worldview

References

• "point of view" in Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2007 Microsoft Corporation.
• "point of view" in the Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.