scenius en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /siːni.əs/
Etymology
Blend of scene (“subculture”) + genius, sometimes attributed to Brian Eno.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| scenii | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| sceniuses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |