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panopticon

noun

1 panopticon

An area where everything is visible.

Roget 752: prison, prison house; jail, gaol, cage, coop, den, cell; stronghold, fortress, keep, donjon, dungeon, Bastille, ... show more

2 panopticon

A circular prison with cells distributed around a central surveillance station; proposed by Jeremy Bentham in 1791.


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