panopticon

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noun

1. an area where everything is visible
• Derivationally related forms:
panoptical
• Hypernyms:
area
• Hyponyms:
showroom, salesroom, saleroom
2. a circular prison with cells distributed around a central surveillance station;
proposed by Jeremy Bentham in 1791
• Hypernyms:
prison, prison house