PANOPTIC

blanket, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, across-the-board, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide

(adjective) broad in scope or content; “across-the-board pay increases”; “an all-embracing definition”; “blanket sanctions against human-rights violators”; “an invention with broad applications”; “a panoptic study of Soviet nationality”- T.G.Winner; “granted him wide powers”

panoptic, panoptical

(adjective) including everything visible in one view; “a panoptic aerial photograph of the missile base”; “a panoptic stain used in microscopy”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

panoptic (not comparable)

All-seeing; comprehensive, inclusive.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

23 November 2024

THEORETICAL

(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”


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