viewpoint

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a feeling or opinion about something or someone
attitudeHis attitude towards authority has often got him into trouble.
outlookI wish I could share your positive outlook on life.
frame of mindI need to be in the right frame of mind to talk about this.
approachIt's time to try a different approach to the problem.
viewpointHis viewpoint is his own and does not affect how I think about the issue.
point of viewFrom a strictly financial point of view it looks like a positive change.
The leader's aggressive stance seems to have foreclosed any chance of diplomatic compromise.这位领导人咄咄逼人的态度似乎已经排除了外交妥协的任何可能性。
Craig doesn't have a car as a part of his anti-consumerist stance.克雷格没有汽车，这是他反消费主义立场的一种体现。
There have been repeated calls for the president to moderate his stance on contraception.
The UN called on all parties in the conflict to take a positive stance towards the new peace initiative.联合国呼吁冲突各方对新的和平倡议采取积极姿态。
Would you say the government's stance on law and order has softened?你说政府在法律法规方面的态度有所缓和了吗？

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Opinions, beliefs and points of view
accepted wisdom
Afrocentric
agnosticism
anti-drug
anti-ideological
bubble
creed
have/take a notion to do somethingidiom
helicopter view
heretical
heretically
hot take
point of view
pole
politics
posture
pretension
prism
proposition
tick

stancenoun[C] (POSITION)

a particular way of standing: 站立姿势
Jenny took up a stance with her feet slightly apart, ready to catch the ball.珍妮两脚稍稍分开站好了姿势，准备接球。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Sitting and standing
akimbo
astride
bestride
cross-legged
crouch
foot
on all foursidiom
pew
plump (someone/something) down
rampant
reseat
seat
sit
stand around
stand aside
stand round
stand up
strike
surface
take a pew!idiom

stance | American Dictionary

stance
noun[ C ]
us/stæns/

stancenoun[C] (OPINION)

an opinion about something, esp. one that is publicly expressed:
The governor’s stance on the issue of tax cuts is well known.

stancenoun[C] (WAY OF STANDING)

a way of standing:
He had the stance of a baseball player focusing on the ball.

stance | Business English

stance
noun[ C ]
uk /stæns/us
a particular way of thinking about something, especially when those opinions are expressed publicly or officially:
an ethical/fiscal/moral stance
a stance against/on/towards sthThe government took a tough stance against terrorism.
adopt/take a stance
change/alter/maintain a stance
an aggressive/defensive/tough stance
an official/political/public stance
FINANCE
the way in which investors behave that shows whether or not they are confident about the profit they can make:
Fund managers can take a defensive stance in times of market uncertainty.
a bearish/bullish stance

Examples of stance

stance
The global idealization that occurs in splitting is viewed as more extreme and less stable than the stable idealization that occurs in dismissing stances.
Overall, experts in the field have taken markedly variable stances regarding the importance or necessity of theory for intervention efforts.
The authors in this book have taken different stances, and where these are not made explicit, this can become confusing.
The consensual basis of these processes should not be exaggerated, for they can allow speakers to convey critical or ironic stances towards common assumptions.
In the first place, its traditional triad of demands implies political stances in a country where such issues are largely determined by the central government.
Speakers use other devices in addition to quotes, such as formulations, repetition, and membership categorizations to develop their evaluative stances in the reporting context.
However, two top acts took less co-operative stances.
With those examples and their violations of personal liberties as the backdrop, conservative intellectuals benefited from grounding their policy stances in the concept of freedom.
Similar critical stances are found in other texts.
The competing party-based models of popular leadership in the nineteenth century were tied to the parties' opposing stances toward the state.
The discourse structure typically establishes two stances or orientations to content - one relatively authoritative and historical, and the other resolutely personal and local.
In other words, we may view code-switching as a distinct interactional resource in the sequential construction of oppositional stances.
When we inspect the children's practices of creating and sustaining social contrast, we can see that various techniques are available to construct recognizably oppositional stances.
Conflicting stances on many issues can readily be justified by citing compassionate impulses.
Indeed, the standing of individual gentlemen could sometimes be affected by their political stances.
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Collocations withstance

stance

These are words often used in combination with stance.

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aggressive stance
We have taken an aggressivestance in collecting revenue owed to the government, and already revenues have jumped by over 20%.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
batting stance
He was noted for his unique battingstance, a crouch in which his back was seemingly square to the pitcher.
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