Today, perspective is used much like standpoint. Just as standpoint once used to mean simply the physical place where you stand but today also means the way you "see" things as a result …

PERSPECTIVE meaning: 1. a particular way of considering something: 2. to think about a situation or problem in a wise…. Learn more.

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 …

Perspective is the art of making some objects or people in a picture look further away than others.

of or relating to the art of perspective, or represented according to its laws. In drawing or painting, a way of portraying three dimensions on a flat, two-dimensional surface by suggesting depth …

[countable] a particular attitude towards something; a way of thinking about something synonym viewpoint. A historical perspective may help us understand the issue. Recent events seem …

An understanding of how aspects of a subject relate to each other and to the whole: a perspective of history; a need to view the problem in the proper perspective.