Scenius

//siːni.əs// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The intelligence of a whole operation or group of people; collective creativity. countable, uncountable

    "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.”"

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"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.”"

Etymology

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

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