scenius

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siːni.əs/

Noun

scenius (countable and uncountable, plural sceniuses or scenii)

1. The intelligence of a whole operation or group of people; collective creativity.
   • 2025 June 28, Lucasta Miller, “The cleverness conundrum”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, review of The Genius Myth, page 9:

     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.”

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:scenius.

Anagrams

• incuses