what does panopticon mean?
PANOPTICON as NOUN
- Meaning
- a circular prison with cells distributed around a central surveillance station
- proposed by Jeremy Bentham in 1791
Hypernyms(s) panopticon is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- an area where everything is visible
Hypernyms(s) panopticon is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
Hyponym(s)
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