panopticon.
A kind of projector in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Meaning & usage
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.
A place in which people are subject to constant surveillance at totalitarian command.
A room for the exhibition of novelties.
Where this word comes from
From Ancient Greek πᾶν (pân, “all”) + ὀπτικός (optikós, “visible”). Coined by English philosopher Jeremy Bentham in 1787.
Try it on your idea.
panopticon has 10 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.
These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.
Explore the name generatorA word with a source.
Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.
Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.