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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
panopticon /panˈɒptɪk(ə)n/

▶noun historical a circular prison with cells arranged around a central well, from which prisoners could at all times be observed.

– origin C18: from pan- + Gk optikon, neut. of optikos ‘optic’.

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