Scenius
//siːni.əs// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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.”"
Example
More examples"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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