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mass surveillance

mass surveillance noun: the pervasive surveillance of an entire population, or a substantial fraction thereof.

Noun

mass surveillance (uncountable)

  1. The pervasive surveillance of an entire population, or a substantial fraction thereof.

Questions about mass surveillance

What does mass surveillance mean?
Mass surveillance means the pervasive surveillance of an entire population, or a substantial fraction thereof.
What part of speech is mass surveillance?
Mass surveillance is a noun.

Words near mass surveillance in the dictionary

  1. mass starts
  2. mass starvation
  3. mass storage
  4. mass suicide
  5. mass suicides
  6. mass surveillance
  7. mass transit
  8. mass transits
  9. mass transportation
  10. mass vaccination centre
  11. mass vaccination centres

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