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panoptic

[pan-op-tik] / pænˈɒp tɪk /
ADJECTIVE
across-the-board
Synonyms
STRONGEST
sweeping
WEAK
all all-embracing all-encompassing all-inclusive blanket broad broad in content complete comprehensive encompassing everything extensive global including all categories including all members total wide widespread

Example Sentences

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As the movie progresses, the definition of God evolves into something sweeping and panoptic.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2024

South Korean authorities relied on a panoptic software they had been developing to manage “smart city” projects — a dashboard to collect and analyze data to improve urban life.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2021

Some are all-seeing, panoptic; others are yearning and blinkered, unable to return the gaze they attract.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 14, 2019

There are no mobile phones, and none of the panoptic apparatus of the modern surveillance state.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2016

I suppose the town has a modern jail now—perhaps even with panoptic galleries!

From The Charm of Ireland by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.