observer

observers of the political scene.

to a casual observer, he was at peace.

acute observers of the human comedy.

a controller, not an observer of events.

an observer of local customs; observers of religious holidays.

explanations which are uncoloured by the observer's feelings.

political observers who acquire authority with age.

a voracious observer of the political scene;

Observers predicted an early end to the negotiations.

to the casual observer, rugby looks something like football.

observers sent to look for the men came under heavy fire.

some observers expect interest rates to rise.

the casual observer might easily think themself back in 1945.

Some simpleminded observers fear that foreign enterprise will dominate government circles.

the observer interprets what he sees in terms of his own cultural frame of reference.

an acute observer of politics and politicians. See also Synonyms at fashionable

Some military observers fear the US could get entangled in another war.

Some of the observer errors associated with timing over a measured length may be overcome by the use of the enoscope.

Heinlein's “Stranger in a Strange Land” that connotes understanding someone so totally that the observer becomes one with the observed.