temporalisto

Temporalisto is a neologism used to describe a person who studies, experiences, or works with temporal phenomena. The term blends temporal from Latin tempus with the Italian/Spanish -isto suffix, signaling a practitioner or advocate of temporality. It is not a standard scholarly label, but it appears in speculative fiction and in discussions exploring time as a concept.

In formal philosophy and science, scholars more commonly speak of temporality, time perception, or time travel theory rather than a "temporalisto." As a concept, the temporalisto is often used to imagine a role or archetype—a character who investigates time, curates timelines, or attempts to manipulate temporal order.

Practical activity attributed to a temporalisto includes analyzing how humans perceive duration, modeling time in physical theories, or examining narrative techniques that represent temporal shifts. In fiction, temporalisti are portrayed as scientists, magi, or technologists who can slow, accelerate, or loop time, navigate multiple timelines, or resolve temporal paradoxes.

Because temporalisto is a relatively new and informal term, examples are largely fictional or theoretical rather than grounded in established disciplines. It serves as a convenient shorthand in discussions about temporality and time-based storytelling.

See also: temporality, time, time perception, philosophy of time, time travel, chronology.