Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Standpoint \Stand"point`\, n. [Cf. G. standpunkt.]
   A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a
   position from which objects or principles are viewed, and
   according to which they are compared and judged.

Source : WordNet®

standpoint
     n : a mental position from which things are viewed; "we should
         consider this problem from the viewpoint of the
         Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of
         view toward current events" [syn: {point of view}, {viewpoint},
          {stand}]