- Symbolist
- Symbolist \Sym"bol*ist\, n. One who employs symbols. [1913 Webster]
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Symbolist
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symbolist — [sim′bəlist] n. 1. a person who uses symbols 2. a person who practices symbolism in representing ideas, etc., esp. in art or literature; specif., any of a group of French and Belgian writers and artists of the late 19th cent. who rejected realism … English World dictionary
symbolist — noun Date: 1812 1. one who employs symbols or symbolism 2. one skilled in the interpretation or explication of symbols 3. often capitalized one of a group of writers and artists in France after 1880 reacting against realism, concerning themselves … New Collegiate Dictionary
symbolist — adjective Of or pertaining to the Symbolist movement in late 19th century and early 20th century European arts and literature See Also: symbolism … Wiktionary
symbolist — adj. Symbolist is used with these nouns: ↑poetry … Collocations dictionary
symbolist — symbolism ► NOUN 1) the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities. 2) symbolic meaning attached to material objects. 3) (Symbolism) an artistic and poetic movement or style using symbolic images and indirect suggestion to express mystical… … English terms dictionary
Symbolist movement — Literary movement that originated with a group of French poets in the late 19th century, spread to painting and the theatre, and influenced Russian, European, and American arts of the 20th century. Reacting against the rigid conventions of… … Universalium
Symbolist poetry — Symbolism, as a type and movement in poetry, emphasized non structured internalized poetry that, for lack of better words, describe thoughts and feelings in disconnected ways and places logic, formal structure, and descriptive reality in the back … Wikipedia
symbolist — symbolistic, adj. symbolistically, adv. /sim beuh list/, n. 1. a person who uses symbols or symbolism. 2. a person versed in the study or interpretation of symbols. 3. Literature. a. a writer who seeks to express or evoke emotions, ideas, etc.,… … Universalium
Symbolist — Sym|bo|lịst 〈m. 16〉 Anhänger, Vertreter des Symbolismus * * * Sym|bo|lịst, der; en, en [frz. symboliste, zu: symbolisme, ↑ Symbolismus]: Vertreter des ↑ Symbolismus (1). * * * Sym|bo|lịst, der; e … Universal-Lexikon
Symbolist — Sym|bo|lịst 〈m.; Gen.: en, Pl.: en; Lit.〉 Anhänger, Vertreter des Symbolismus … Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch
