Panopticism

noun

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Noun

1
The state or quality of being panoptic; all-seeingness. uncountable
"I cannot help but follow such panopticism to its ultimate conclusion: a Nineteen Eighty-Four scenario."

Example

"I cannot help but follow such panopticism to its ultimate conclusion: a Nineteen Eighty-Four scenario."

Etymology

From panoptic + -ism.

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