Meanings
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of neutral point of view, the guideline of all Wikipedia and Wiktionary articles.
Near-synonyms: point-of-viewlessness; eticness
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The NPOV is self-consciously a view, not the absence of all views.
2007, Juha Suoranta, Tere Vadén, “From Social to Socialist Media: The Critical Potential of the Wikiworld”, in Peter McLaren, Joe L. Kincheloe, editors, Critical Pedagogy: Where Are We Now?, Peter Lang, section 147Similarly, it is also important to understand the fundamental operation of NPOV in full detail: contrary to the synthesis commonly required for the coverage of topics in conventional encyclopedias, NPOV does not require the establishment of a universally accepted consensus description of the topic at hand—a kind of graveyard peace between opposing factions, achieved through arrival at a compromise which satisfies no one and omits any controversial points not acceptable to one of the participants.
2008, Axel Bruns, Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life, and Beyond: From Production to Produsage, Peter Lang, section 120Content creators and editors are encouraged to filter material through a sieve of strict standards known to insiders as NPOV, NOR, RS, and V.
2015, June Jamrich Parsons, New Perspectives on Computer Concepts 2016, Comprehensive, 18th edition, Cengage Learning, section 332Synonyms: point-of-viewlessness, eticness · Antonyms: POV, point of view, viewpoint, worldview, emicness
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NPOV. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/NPOV
“NPOV.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/NPOV. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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