Spanish Conversation · Level 115
59 words
Spanish word
humanista
Pronunciation
IPA/umaˈnista/
Meaning
- noun (m./f.)humanist
Example
En la universidad conocí a un humanista.
At the university I met a humanist.
More examples
En la radio entrevistaron a un humanista sobre educación.
They interviewed a humanist on the radio about education.
Core concept
Academic in the humanities.
Similar words
profesor: Teacher at a school or university who gives classes and guides student learning.
investigador: Researcher who investigates problems and conducts studies to produce new findings.
crítico: Expert who evaluates literary or artistic works and writes critical reviews or commentary.
autor: Author who writes books, articles, or papers as the credited creator of a text.
Definition in Spanish
Persona dedicada al estudio, la enseñanza o la difusión de las humanidades, como la literatura, la historia y la filosofía.
Word origin
Spanish humanista comes from Latin humanus 'human' plus the agentive suffix -ista meaning 'one who practices or specializes', passing through Italian umanista into Spanish.
Usage tips
- In Spanish, humanista usually denotes a professional or scholar in the humanities rather than the secular philosophical stance, so 'soy humanista' commonly reads as 'I work in the humanities'.
Opposites
- misántropomisanthropenoun
Related words
- humanismohumanismnoun
- humanísticohumanisticadjective