standpoint - a mental position from which things are viewed; "we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events"cityscape - a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area; "the dominant character of the cityscape is it poverty" landscape - an extensive mental viewpoint; "the political landscape looks bleak without a change of administration"; "we changed the landscape for solving the proble of payroll inequity" slant, angle - a biased way of looking at or presenting something complexion - a point of view or general attitude or inclination; "he altered the complexion of his times"; "a liberal political complexion" |