Panoptikum

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German

Panoptikum in Hamburg

Etymology

Latinate borrowing from English panopticon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈnɔptikʊm/
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Noun

Panoptikum n (strong, genitive Panoptikums, plural Panoptiken)

  1. wax museum, waxworks
    Synonym: Wachsfigurenkabinett
    • 1918, Heinrich Mann, Der Untertan‎, Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 80:
      Und dann bummelten sie, gingen ins Café, ins Panoptikum; und da Agnes gern Bilder sah, erfuhr Diederich auch, daß es Kunstausstellungen gab.
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    • 2022 January 27, Daniel Moersener, “Spielfilm von Paul Thomas Anderson: Unbeherrschtes Kalifornien”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎, →ISSN:
      Die kühle Einsamkeitsstudie „Magnolia“ (1999) zeigte ein Panoptikum verblichener TV-Sternchen und misogyner Pick-up-Artists in Erwartung des Millenniums, denen zumindest die filmischen Mittel der Parallelmontage momenthaft die transzendentale Obdachlosigkeit austreiben konnte.
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  2. (uncommon) panopticon

Declension

Declension of Panoptikum
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Panoptikum die Panoptiken
genitive eines des Panoptikums der Panoptiken
dative einem dem Panoptikum den Panoptiken
accusative ein das Panoptikum die Panoptiken

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