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Panopticon   Listen
noun
Panopticon  n.  
1.
A prison so contructed that the inspector can see each of the prisoners at all times, without being seen.
2.
A room for the exhibition of novelties.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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... — N. prison, prison house; jail, gaol, cage, coop, den, cell; stronghold, fortress, keep, donjon, dungeon, Bastille, oubliette, bridewell^, house of correction, hulks, tollbooth, panopticon^, penitentiary, guardroom, lockup, hold; round house, watch house, station house, sponging house; station; house of detention, black hole, pen, fold, pound; inclosure &c 232; isolation (exclusion) 893; penal settlement, penal colony; bilboes, stocks, limbo, quod [Lat.]; calaboose, chauki^, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget



Words linked to "Panopticon" :   salesroom, prison house, prison, panoptical, showroom, saleroom, area



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