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What is the noun for panopticon?

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panopticon
  1. A type of prison designed by philosopher Jeremy Bentham wherein all the cells are visible from the center of the building. It engenders a feeling of being watched.
  2. A room for the exhibition of novelties.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Initially, the panopticon was a model prison designed by the Utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham.”
      “Modern prisons are modelled after John Stuart Mill's panopticon, and sentries can indeed see everything.”
      “Foucault's panopticon kept popping into my head, with the concentric circles of observation used for prisons and experiments.”
panopticons
  1. plural of panopticon
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