Before revision: As a term in psychology, it was likely coined by the Belgian sociologist , or Russian-American sociologist Pitirim Sorokin.
After revision: As a term in psychology, it was likely introducedHistory"Déformation professionnelle" was used in 19th-century medicine to describe an occupational deformity.Morel-Lavallée, "Sur une fausse 'dent d'Hutchinson'; déformation professionnelle chez un cordonnier" 'On a false Hutchinson's tooth: occupational deformity in a shoemaker' Annales de Dermatologie et de Syphiligraphie 8:5:339 (1887) by the Belgian sociologist , or Russian-American sociologist Pitirim Sorokin.