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Spanish
Etymology
From bueno + -ista.
Noun
buenista m or f by sense (plural buenistas)
- (derogatory) do-gooder (someone who supports buenismo)
2017 March 26, Elvira Lindo, “Buenistas sin fronteras”, in El País:El buenismo es la fe de los que creen que los seres humanos son inocentes, más allá de la religión que practiquen o del país del que provengan; el buenista piensa que Europa está siendo mezquina con los refugiados, porque el buenista es un insensato que no sabe, porque no se entera, que esta es una forma de invasión bárbara como otra cualquiera; […]- Do-goodism is the faith of those who believe that human beings are innocent, regardless of the religion they practice or the country they are from; the do-gooder thinks that Europe is being mean to refugees, because the do-gooder is a fool who does not know, and does not care, that this is a form of barbaric invasion like any other;
- (derogatory, in particular) someone overly concerned with political correctness and related matters; a social justice warrior
Adjective
buenista m or f (masculine and feminine plural buenistas)
- (derogatory) do-gooding
2015 November 15, “Una guerra invisible e inevitable”, in El País:En tal caso, tendría poco sentido significarse en la propaganda buenista de Je suis Paris.- In that case, it would make little sense to defend the do-goodist propaganda of Je suis Paris.
2020 March 8, Máriam Martínez-Bascuñán, “Soberanía y onanismo”, in El País:Más bien preguntémonos en qué momento lo mejor que Europa ha dado al mundo, los discursos normativos, nuestra herencia ilustrada, se han convertido en tópicos “buenistas” en el argumentario de políticos y analistas; […]- Let us rather ask ourselves at which point the most valuable Europe has contributed to the world, the normative discourses of our enlightened heritage, were transformed into “do-goodist” platitudes used by politicians and analysts;
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