Panvasive

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Massively invasive on a large scale. neologism

    "I suggest that we now face the moment in history when the elemental right to the future tense is endangered by a panvasive digital architecture of behavior modification owned and operated by surveillance capital, necessitated by its economic imperatives, and driven by its laws of motion, all for the sake of its guaranteed outcomes."

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"I suggest that we now face the moment in history when the elemental right to the future tense is endangered by a panvasive digital architecture of behavior modification owned and operated by surveillance capital, necessitated by its economic imperatives, and driven by its laws of motion, all for the sake of its guaranteed outcomes."

Etymology

Blend of pan- + pervasive + invasive, coined by American law professor Christopher Slobogin in 2013.

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