Word info

point of origin

Noun

Meaning

point of origin (plural points of origin)

A place where something comes from or originates.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

One important point about the idea that there are multiple globalizations is the fact that it further complicates the whole idea of finding a point of origin for globalization. George Ritzer

Geologists are rapidly becoming convinced that the mammals spread from their central Asian point of origin largely because of great variations in climate. Ellsworth Huntington

Above all, as will be repeatedly apparent in the sections below, fundamental for our discussion is the investigation of the idea of a testifying to one's belief as the psychological point of origin for methodical ethics. Max Weber

Writing is the destruction of every voice, of every point of origin. Roland Barthes

Modernity exists in the form of a desire to wipe out whatever came earlier, in the hope of reaching at least a point that could be called a true present, a point of origin that marks a new departure. Paul de Man

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