PANOPTICON as NOUN

  1. 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
  2. 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)