Home › Words › M › mcveillancemcveillancemcveillance means surveillance alongside banning people from sousveillance.EtymologyCoined by Canadian wearable computing researcher and professor Steve Mann, from surveillance and McDonald's (as opposed to sur (“over”) as in surveillance).nounSurveillance alongside banning people from sousveillance.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.antisurveillance 61% match — Synonym of countersurveillance. vs mcveillance →hypersurveillance 60% match — Extreme, excessive surveillance. vs mcveillance →sousveillance 58% match — The recording of an activity from the perspective of participant in the activity. vs mcveillance →cybersurveillance 57% match — Surveillance of computer activity. vs mcveillance →oversurveillance 56% match — An excessive degree of surveillance. vs mcveillance →surveillance 53% match — Close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion. vs mcveillance →antisnooping 52% match — Countering or opposing snooping. vs mcveillance →mouchardism 51% match — The activity of police spies in France. vs mcveillance →