Fachidiotismus
German
Etymology
From Fach + Idiotismus, translating French idiotisme du métier. The French term was coined by Karl Marx, the German translation was coined by Eduard Bernstein and Karl Kautsky.[1]
Noun
Fachidiotismus m (strong, genitive Fachidiotismus, no plural)
- (Marxism) professional overspecialization [from 1885]
- 1885 [1847], Karl Marx, E. Bernstein, K. Kautsky, transl., Das Elend der Philosophie. Antwort auf Proudhons „Philosophie des Elends“ [Misère de la philosophie], Stuttgart: Druck und Verlag von J. H. W. Dietz, page 143:
- Was die Arbeitstheilung in der modernen Gesellschaft charakterisirt, ist die Thatsache, dass sie die Spezialitäten, die Fachleute und mit ihnen den Fachidiotismus erzeugt.
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Descendants
- → Dutch: vakidiotisme (calque)
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