pə(r)ˈspektə̇ˌvizəm noun
( -s )
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary perspective (III) + -ism; originally formed as German perspektivismus
1. : a concept in philosophy: the world forms a complex of interacting interpretive processes in which every entity views every entity and event from an orientation peculiar to itself
2. : consciousness of or the process of using different points of view (as in literary criticism or artistic representation)