vakidiotisme

From vak (“occupation, profession”) +‎ idiotisme (“idiotism, severe mental retardation”), calque of German Fachidiotismus, likely a calque of French idiotisme du métier, apparently first used by Marx in Misère de la philosophie. The term entered common usage in 1968, at the time of Marxist student protests.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɑk.i.di.oːˌtɪs.mə/
• Hyphenation: vak‧idi‧o‧tis‧me

vakidiotisme n (uncountable)

1. (derogatory) An excessive, narrow focus on one's specialism with little societal awareness or engagement; the state of being a fachidiot. [from 1900s]

• vakidioot