Panopticon

Language: English
Pronunciation: pan-op-ticon
Part of Speech: noun

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A type of prison where all the cells are visible from the center, particularly if it is not possible for someone in a cell to know if they are being watched.

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"an area where everything is visible"

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

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