panopticon
演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 源自 ←古希腊语 πᾶν “all”
词源说明
From Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân, “all”) + ὀπτικός (optikós, “visible”). Coined by English philosopher Jeremy Bentham in 1787.
释义（英文）
名词 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.