socionics
English
Etymology
Noun
socionics (uncountable)
- (pseudoscience) A theory of information processing and personality type, distinguished by its information model of the psyche and a model of interpersonal relations.
- 2026 April 29, Jamie Bartlett, “Meet the AI jailbreakers: ‘I see the worst things humanity has produced’”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
- 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.)