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How to pronounce “panopticon”
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Pronunciation guide for panopticon
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of panopticon with real speech in context.
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- What you need to know about face surveillance
effectively creating a digital panopticon.
- Definition summary
- (historical) A kind of projector in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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How to pronounce panopticon
What you need to know about face surveillance

effectively creating a digital panopticon.
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A Deep Dive Into “panopticon”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (historical) A kind of projector in the 18th and 19th centuries.
- A type of prison where all the cells are visible from the center, particularly if it is not possible for those in a cell to know if they are being watched.
- (figurative, by extension) A place in which people are subject to constant surveillance at totalitarian command.
- A room for the exhibition of novelties.
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