points of departure
Where journeys begin
Points of departure are starting places—for journeys, arguments, or lines of thought.
The phrase usually appears in intellectual contexts, where an idea, text, or assumption serves as the foundation from which analysis proceeds: The essay uses Freud as a point of departure for examining modern anxiety.
The plural suggests multiple beginnings or perspectives.
- fresh startOpportunity to restart unburdened
- clean breakComplete, uncomplicated severance
- thesis statementCore claim of essay
- trailheadHiking path entrance
- ferry dockMaritime passenger terminal
port of call · hypothesis · premise · new dawn · blank slate · blank page · square one · ground zero · year zero · framework · launch pad · starting line · embarkation · maiden voyage · blueprint · opening argument · inspiration · juncture
points of departuredestinations
Places one travels to
endpoints · termini · journey's end · ports of call · waypoints
points of departureconclusions
Judgments reached through reasoning
end results · outcomes · findings · determinations · closing arguments
points of departureculminations
Highest or final points
endpoints · terminations · closures · consummations · wrap-ups
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