A panopticon is a type of prison that has a high wall so that the inmates can't see their guards. The inmates are always watched, so they never have a moment's peace.
The panopticon is a prison where the inmates are always watched.
The panopticon is a type of prison where the inmates are always watched by the guards.
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a circular prison with cells distributed around a central surveillance station; proposed by Jeremy Bentham in 1791
noun
an area where everything is visible
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This is in contrast to the panopticon prisons.
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I'm reliably informed that it wasn't a Panopticon.
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Panopticon links here but doesn't explain.
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The system was also known as the Panopticon system.
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The panopticon gaze is an ideological phrase, a metaphor.
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During this time he supervised the construction of a Panopticon.
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The Doctor takes the Gun and confronts Stor in the Panopticon.
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The Panopticon Gaze in Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
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Panopticon has three platform independent product lines.
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Panopticon has two platform independent product lines.