fachidiot

See also: Fachidiot

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Fachidiot.

Noun

fachidiot (plural fachidiots)

1. (rare) A (narrow) specialist expert who is ignorant outside of their specialty, or who only looks at problems through the (blinkered) lens of their own specialty.

Translations

narrow specialist expert, ignorant outside their field

• Danish: fagidiot c
• Dutch: vakidioot (nl) m
• Finnish: fakki-idiootti (fi)
• German: Fachidiot (de) m
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• Japanese: 専門バカ
• Norwegian: fagidiot m
• Swedish: fackidiot (sv) c

See also

• tunnel vision