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panopticon

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10 lettersPronunciation /pəˈnɒptɪkɒn/Part of speech nounSorted acinnoopptStarts with PEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. A prison design or system of observation where many can be watched from one point.

Word origin

From Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân, “all”) + ὀπτικός (optikós, “visible”). Coined by English philosopher Jeremy Bentham in 1787.

Used in a sentence

  • He was alive to every creak and dunt, the thinness of the walls, as if the tenement block was a kind of aural panopticon that funnelled every sound to the other residents, let everyone eavesdrop on their business.
  • Perhaps the construction of such a genetic panopticon is wise. But I doubt that the proud men who wrote the charter of our liberties would have been so eager to open their mouths for royal inspection.

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