Panopticon (noun)
pan-op-ti-kon
a building, as a prison, hospital, library, or the like, so arranged that all parts of the interior are visible from a single point.
1760–70; pan- + Greek optikón sight, seeing (neuter of optikós; optic )
Example sentences
“THe building, shaped like a large cross, was a typical panopticon.”
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