perspective | | |
n. (cognition) | 1. perspective, position, view | a way of regarding situations or topics etc..; "consider what follows from the positivist view" |
| ~ orientation | an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs. |
| ~ bird's eye view, panoramic view | a situation or topic as if viewed from an altitude or distance. |
| ~ futurism | the position that the meaning of life should be sought in the future. |
| ~ cutting edge, forefront, vanguard | the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field.; "the Cotswolds were once at the forefront of woollen manufacturing in England"; "the idea of motion was always to the forefront of his mind and central to his philosophy" |
| ~ paradigm | the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time.; "he framed the problem within the psychoanalytic paradigm" |
| ~ light | a particular perspective or aspect of a situation.; "although he saw it in a different light, he still did not understand" |
| ~ sight | a range of mental vision.; "in his sight she could do no wrong" |
| ~ weltanschauung, world view | a comprehensive view of the world and human life. |
| ~ straddle | a noncommittal or equivocal position. |
n. (attribute) | 2. linear perspective, perspective | the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer. |
| ~ appearance, visual aspect | outward or visible aspect of a person or thing. |
| ~ vanishing point | the appearance of a point on the horizon at which parallel lines converge. |
| ~ apparent horizon, horizon, sensible horizon, visible horizon, skyline | the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet. |
| ~ picture plane | the plane that is in the foreground of a drawing or painting; coextensive with but different from the objective surface of the work. |
Recent comments
1 week 5 days ago
3 weeks 6 days ago
4 weeks 3 days ago
4 weeks 3 days ago
4 weeks 3 days ago
4 weeks 4 days ago
4 weeks 4 days ago
4 weeks 4 days ago
5 weeks 1 day ago
6 weeks 6 days ago