English noun: perspective |
1. | perspective (cognition) a way of regarding situations or topics etc. |
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| Samples | Consider what follows from the positivist view.
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| Synonyms | position, view |
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| Broader (hypernym) | orientation |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bird's eye view, cutting edge, forefront, futurism, light, panoramic view, paradigm, sight, straddle, vanguard, Weltanschauung, world view |
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2. | perspective (attribute) the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer |
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| Synonyms | linear perspective |
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| Broader (hypernym) | appearance, visual aspect |
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| Part holonym | apparent horizon, horizon, picture plane, sensible horizon, skyline, vanishing point, visible horizon |
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