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socionics

socionics noun: a theory of information processing and personality type, distinguished by its information model of the psyche and a model of interpersonal relations.

Noun

socionics (uncountable)

  1. A theory of information processing and personality type, distinguished by its information model of the psyche and a model of interpersonal relations.
    • For years, he has studied a niche field known as “socionics”, which claims people are one of 16 personality types based on how they receive and process information. (Mainstream sociologists consider socionics pseudoscience.)2026 April 29, Jamie Bartlett, “Meet the AI jailbreakers: ‘I see the worst things humanity has produced’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Origin of socionics

From socio- + -n- + -ics.

Questions about socionics

What does socionics mean?
Socionics means a theory of information processing and personality type, distinguished by its information model of the psyche and a model of interpersonal relations.
What part of speech is socionics?
Socionics is a noun.

Words near socionics in the dictionary

  1. sociomusical
  2. sociomusically
  3. sociomythological
  4. socionegative
  5. socionic
  6. socionics
  7. socionome
  8. socionomes
  9. socionomic
  10. socionomics
  11. socionomy

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