Definition of "idiot-savant" [idiot-savant]

• A mentally challenged person who is very gifted in one area of activity, e.g. the piano. This condition is associated with autism. (noun)

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• "The focus on mathematical training in these programs is so intense that they tend to produce a sort of idiot-savant, competent only to publish in academic journals."
• "I think that the idiot-savant problem is real, and Joseph Stiglitz is an example of someone whose economic reasoning and policy analysis strike me as disjoint."
• "The corporation in this global market has morphed into a kind of idiot-savant."