standpoint

standpoint

English

Etymology

stand +‎ point, a calque of German Standpunkt. Similar constructions used in other languages, such as Japanese 立場 (tachiba, literally “standing place”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

standpoint (plural standpoints)

1. Point of view; perspective

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

   • 2017 January 20, Annie Zaleski, “AFI sounds refreshed and rejuvenated on its 10th album, AFI (The Blood Album)”, in The Onion AV Club‎:

     Plus, early in a career, bands are typically winging it from a creative standpoint; after awhile, acts figure out what they’re doing right (or wrong), and are more deliberate about songcraft and execution.

Translations

point of view

Chinese: Mandarin: 立場 (zh), 立场 (zh) (lìchǎng), 觀點 (zh), 观点 (zh) (guāndiǎn) Danish: standpunkt Dutch: standpunt (nl) n, uitgangspunt (nl) n Esperanto: starpunkto (eo), vidpunkto (eo) Finnish: näkökulma (fi) French: point de vue (fr) m German: Standpunkt (de) m, Sichtweise (de) f Hungarian: álláspont (hu) Interlingua: puncto de vista Italian: punto di vista (it)

Japanese: 観点 (ja) (かんてん, kanten) Latvian: viedoklis m Norwegian: standpunkt Polish: punkt widzenia (pl) Portuguese: ponto de vista (pt) m Romanian: punct de vedere n Russian: то́чка зре́ния (ru) f (tóčka zrénija) Serbo-Croatian: тачка гледишта (tačka gledišta) Spanish: punto de vista (es) m Swedish: ståndpunkt (sv) c Ukrainian: то́чка зо́ру (uk) f (tóčka zóru)