Associations to the word «Panopticon»
Noun
Adverb
Wiktionary
PANOPTICON, noun. A type of prison designed by philosopher Jeremy Bentham wherein all the cells are visible from the center of the building. It engenders the feeling that someone is watching you, even though you know the contrary.
PANOPTICON, noun. A room for the exhibition of novelties.
Dictionary definition
PANOPTICON, noun. An area where everything is visible.
PANOPTICON, noun. A circular prison with cells distributed around a central surveillance station; proposed by Jeremy Bentham in 1791.
Wise words
We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words
were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only,
and not for things themselves.