Meanings
nounfachidiot (plural fachidiots)
plural fachidiots
- rareA (narrow) specialist expert who is ignorant outside of their specialty, or who only looks at problems through the (blinkered) lens of their own specialty.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- GermanFachidiot
- Englishfachidiot
Borrowed from German Fachidiot.
More words from German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech fachidiot
- fachidiotnarrow specialist expert, ignorant outside their field
Danish fagidiot
- fagidiotnarrow specialist expert, ignorant outside their field
Dutch vakidioot
- vakidiootnarrow specialist expert, ignorant outside their field
Finnish fakki-idiootti
- fakki-idioottinarrow specialist expert, ignorant outside their field
German Fachidiot
- Fachidiotnarrow specialist expert, ignorant outside their field
Hungarian szakbarbár
- szakbarbárnarrow specialist expert, ignorant outside their field
Japanese 専門バカ
- 専門バカnarrow specialist expert, ignorant outside their field
Norwegian fagidiot
- fagidiotnarrow specialist expert, ignorant outside their field
Swedish fackidiot
- fackidiotnarrow specialist expert, ignorant outside their field
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APA
fachidiot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fachidiot
MLA
“fachidiot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fachidiot. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fachidiot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fachidiot.
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