perspective
Other forms: perspectives
Your perspective is the way you see something. If you think that toys corrupt children's minds, then from your perspective a toy shop is an evil place.
Perspective has a Latin root meaning "look through" or "perceive," and all the meanings of perspective have something to do with looking. If you observe the world from a dog's perspective, you see through the dog's eyes. In drawing, perspective gives your drawing the appearance of depth or distance. If we say someone "has perspective," we mean she has a sensible outlook on life.
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a way of regarding situations or topics etc.types:futurismthe position that the meaning of life should be sought in the futurecutting edge, forefront, vanguardthe position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or fieldparadigmthe generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given timelighta particular perspective or aspect of a situationsighta range of mental visionstraddlea noncommittal or equivocal positionpoint of viewthe perspective from which a story is toldclockwork universethe view that the universe resembles a clock built by God and ticking along according to Newtonian mechanicsfirst personnarration from the point of view of the speaker or narrator, using the pronouns ‘I’ or ‘we’second personnarration from the point of view of the listener or audience, using the pronoun ‘you’third personnarration from the point of view of the people being described, using the pronouns ‘he,’ ‘she,’ and ‘they’type of:orientationan integrated set of attitudes and beliefs
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the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewersynonyms: linear perspective
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