Déformation professionnelle

Déformation professionnelle (professional deformation or job conditioning) is a tendency to look at things from the point of view of one's own profession or special expertise, rather than from a broader or humane perspective. It is often translated as "professional deformation", though French déformation can also be translated as "distortion". The implication is that professional training, and its related socialization, often result in a distortion of the way one views the world.

Quotes

• It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
  • Upton Sinclair, I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked (1935), p. 109

See also

• Division of labor
• Specialization