perspectives

Meanings

• noun

  A particular attitude, view, or interpretation of something.

  - "From his perspective, the problem seemed insurmountable."
  - "She approached the issue from a new perspective."

• noun

  The overall appearance or aspect of a place or thing.

  - "The city offered a unique perspective of the mountains."
  - "From the balcony, I enjoyed the perspective of the garden."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with perspectives
perceptions , relapses , misapprehensions

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Variants

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perspectival , perspective , perspectives , aerial perspective , aerial perspectives , forced perspective , forced perspectives , linear perspective , linear perspectives

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Etymology

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Late Middle English: from the Latin perspectiva, from perspicere 'look through' + -iva, -ive.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'perspective' comes from the Latin word 'perspectiva', which means 'looking through'.

2. In art, a 'perspective drawing' is a drawing that uses mathematical principles to create an illusion of depth on a flat surface.

3. The term 'perspective' is also used in computer graphics to describe the way a scene is represented in three dimensions.

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Related Concepts

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1. Point of view: A perspective from which a story, account, or report is narrated or presented.

2. Perspective taking: The ability to understand and appreciate other people's viewpoints and experiences.

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Quotes

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1. Courses offer an international "perspective", so even a lesson on the American Revolution will interweave sources from Britain and France with views from the Founding Fathers.

   - Claudia Wallis et al.,{it}Time{/it},18 Dec. 2006

2. Tipper and I still marvel at everything we saw and the "perspective" it offered. At a moment when the country was still in the throes of the conflict over Vietnam, it was refreshing to see the best of America.

   - Al Gore,{it}An Inconvenient Truth{/it},2006

3. The elegant economy of the drawing and the wild inventiveness of such pictorial devices as the towering pitcher's mound and the impossible "perspective" of Snoopy's doghouse keep the repetitiveness, talkiness, and melancholy of the strip a few buoyant inches off the ground, and save it from being fey.

   - John Updike,{it}New Yorker{/it},22 Oct. 2007

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Culture

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Perspectives have been a significant theme in various fields such as philosophy, psychology, art, and literature. In philosophy, perspectives refer to different ways of looking at reality and understanding truth. In psychology, they refer to individual differences in perception and interpretation of information. In art and literature, perspectives are used to convey different viewpoints and create depth and complexity.

How to Memorize "perspectives"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a pair of binoculars to remember the meaning of 'perspectives'. Just like how binoculars offer different viewpoints, perspectives offer different interpretations or ways of looking at something.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'perspectives' with 'different viewpoints' or 'interpretations'.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic such as 'P-E-R-S-P-E-C-T-I-V-E-S' to remember the meaning of 'perspectives': Perspectives Exist To Interpret Various Elements of Situations.

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