parapenal

P3A1R1A1P3E1N1A1L1

adjective

Serving the same functions as the penal system but operating separately.

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Meanings

adjectiveparapenal (not comparable)
  1. not comparableServing the same functions as the penal system but operating separately.

    The entire parapenal institution, which is created in order not to be a prison, culminates in the cell, on the walls of which are written in black letters: "God sees you."

    1979, Michel Foucault, translated by Alan Sheridan, Discipline and Punish, page 295

Origin

para- + penal

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APA

parapenal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parapenal

MLA

“parapenal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parapenal. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parapenal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parapenal.

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