viewpoint

Noun

• a place from which something can be viewed
  • from that vantage point he could survey the whole valley
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  vantage point , point of view , stand , standpoint