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superveillance en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌsupɚˈveɪ.ləns/ (General-American)
• /ˌs(j)uːpəˈveɪ.ləns/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Blend of supervision + surveillance.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Supervision taken too far, bordering on surveillance.
   • Superveillance extends the boundaries of traditional supervisory review — it does not replace or diminish the importance of managing day-to-day tasks more efficiently or effectively. 2020 December 9, Robert Cruz, “From Supervision to "Superveillance": Risk Mitigation for Electronic Communications”, in Smarsh, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2021:
   • Even the curiosity of royalty was excited; and His Majesty George III., with that degree of bonhommie which led him to inquire into the private circumstances of many of his subjects, who little thought of such inquisitorial superveillance, condescended to make himself master of the secret. 1832, M.Arnold, Arnold's Library of the Fine Arts, volume 3, M.Arnold, page 424:
   • There are now about 1400 police stations in the country, each having under its superveillance an average area of about 14,000 stature acres. 1885, Harry Speight, A tourist's view of Ireland, by Johnnie Gray, Simpkin, Marshall & Company, page 18:
   • As follow up on the earlier post that described the collision of supervision and surveillance as ‘Superveillance,’ we want to dive deeper into key principles and attributes that firms should consider as they seek solutions that go beyond the boundaries of traditional supervisory and surveillance tools. 2018 June 5, Robert Cruz, “Superveillance: Producing Integrated Insights Into Conduct”, in Smarsh, archived from the original on 04 Feb 2023:
   • Consequently, firms who have a mix of requirements should look for solutions that help to improve the efficiency of established supervisory processes, while providing the analytics to uncover the unknown. Rather than looking for products that address “Heightened Supervision”, I’ll offer an alternative phrase stolen from my colleague Gregory Breeze – Superveillance. 2018 May 21, Robert Cruz, “Superveillance: Tracking the High-Risk Brokers”, in Smarsh, archived from the original on 04 Feb 2023:
   • A gang, including Deepika’s Serena, has stolen from the super-secretive government agency that Marke works for, a super-superveillance tool that controls satellites and what not — enough for a “global paradigm shift” — and looks exactly like your average set-top box (what are the chances this unfortunate resemblance was pointed out to the filmmakers?). It is called ‘Pandora’s Box’, and it is not a box. 2017 January 13, Shalini Langer, “xXx Return of Xander Cage review: Of tyrants, rebels and patriots”, in The Indian Express, archived from the original on 12 May 2018:
   • It could be further mentioned that bourgeois individualist civil society need the fallback of an authoritarian state with a high degree of superveillance to sustain the power relations intrinsic to it. 2008 July 2, Roy Bhaskar, Dialectic: The Pulse of Freedom, Taylor & Francis, page 182:

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