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panoptic, a.|pænˈɒptɪk|
[f. Gr. πάνοπτος seen of all, fully visible, πανόπτ-ης all-seeing + -ic.]
1. All-seeing.
1826Blackw. Mag. XX. 844 He..vainly conceits that the great forest of books will hide him from our panoptic view. 1856J. Martineau Ess. (1891) IV. 52 Any class of teachers free to assume this panoptic position.
2. In which all is seen: cf. panopticon.
1845R. W. Hamilton Pop. Educ. ix. (ed. 2) 239 The school [in France] is the ward of one great panoptic prisonhouse, with the keepers before the door. |