Crossword-Solution: PANOPTICON
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Panopticon | n. | A prison so contructed that the inspector can see each of the prisoners at all times, without being seen. |
| Panopticon | n. | A room for the exhibition of novelties. |
We have 4 clues for the answer “PANOPTICON”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Prison design that allows surveillance of any inmate at any time | 1 answer |
| Prison structure described by Foucault | 1 answer |
| AN AREA WHERE EVERYTHING IS VISIBLE | 11 answers |
| A CIRCULAR PRISON WITH CELLS DISTRIBUTED AROUND A CENTRAL SURVEILLANCE STATION | 11 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EREAT
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greedy person
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Sentences with PANOPTICON (5)
This is the burden of Jeremy Bentham’s quarrel with “question-begging appellatives.” A clear-sighted and scrupulously veracious philosopher, abettor of the age of reason, apostle of utility, god-father of the panopticon, and donor to the English dictionary of such unimpassioned vocables as “codification” and “international,” Bentham would have been glad to purify the language by purging it of those “affections of the soul” wherein Burke had found its highest glory.
Hornor's colossal edifice in the Regent's Park, we believe, was first set forth as the Gyrôrama, Girorama, Panopticon, or General View.
Comrades! Decades of student generations gaze upon us from the heights of the coat-hooks, and, besides that, through the power of the usual right, children and students pay half here, as in a panopticon.
The most startling surprises were the bottomless well, the cave, the monster kaleidoscope, and the panopticon.
While in the Prison one of the officers facetiously remarked that it was a much better gaol than he had been used to, and observed that it was built on the panopticon principle.
Quotes with PANOPTICON (3)
I never knew I liked to be outside so much. I never knew I liked lochs and views and that, but I could seriously handle living in a cottage by the side of somewhere like this." The Panopticon
The sky's gray and there's mizzle. It's so soft on my skin--it's nothing like rain. It's even softer than the lightest drizzle! Lift my face up, so it can kiss my skin." The Panopticon
We have all been fooled into believing in people who are entirely imaginary--made-up prisoners in a hypothetical panopticon. But the point isn't whether or not you believe in imaginary people; it's whether or not you want to." I think I'll stick with reality," I said, handing Cassidy back her phone. She stared at it, and then me, disappointed. "I'd think you of all people would want to escape.""Imaginary prisoners are still prisoners.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2015).