panopticon

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân, “all”) + ὀπτικός (optikós, “visible”).

Noun

panopticon (plural panopticons)

A type of prison, designed by philosopher Jeremy Bentham, wherein all the cells are visible from the center of the building. It engenders a feeling of being watched.
A room for the exhibition of novelties.

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:panopticon.

Translations

type of prison

Chinese:
Mandarin: 圓形監獄, 圆形监狱 (yuánxíng jiānyù)
Finnish: panoptikon
French: panoptique (fr) m, panopticon (fr) m
German: Panoptikum (de) n

Greek: πανοπτικό n (panoptikó)
Japanese: パノプティコン (panoputikon)
Portuguese: panóptico m
Russian: пано́птикум (ru) m (panóptikum)

room for the exhibition of novelties

Finnish: panoptikon
German: Panoptikum (de) n

Japanese: パノプティコン (panoputikon)
Russian: пано́птикум (ru) m (panóptikum)

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