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scenius

/siːni.əs/

scenius noun: the intelligence of a whole operation or group of people; collective creativity.

Noun

scenius (countable and uncountable, plural sceniuses or scenii)

  1. The intelligence of a whole operation or group of people; collective creativity.
    • Tim Berners-Lee has ascribed his own tech breakthrough to the “scenius”: “Most of the technology involved in the web . . . had been designed already, I just had to put them together.”2025 June 28, Lucasta Miller, “The cleverness conundrum”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9

Forms of scenius

pluralsceniuses
pluralscenii

Origin of scenius

Blend of scene (“subculture”) + genius, sometimes attributed to Brian Eno.

Questions about scenius

What does scenius mean?
Scenius means the intelligence of a whole operation or group of people; collective creativity.
What part of speech is scenius?
Scenius is a noun.
How do you pronounce scenius?
Scenius is pronounced /siːni.əs/.
What is the plural of scenius?
The plural of scenius is sceniuses.

Words near scenius in the dictionary

  1. scenics
  2. scenii
  3. scening
  4. scenist
  5. scenists
  6. scenius
  7. sceniuses
  8. scenograph
  9. scenographer
  10. scenographers
  11. scenographic

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