symbolist
/ˈsɪmbəlɪst/
noun
- An artist, writer, or poet who uses symbols and indirect suggestion to express ideas and emotions, especially one associated with the symbolism movement of the late 19th century.
- Many symbolists wrote poems that felt like dreams or visions.
- The symbolists believed that art should suggest rather than directly state its meaning.
- He was a famous symbolist whose paintings are full of mysterious figures.
- A person who interprets or studies symbols and their meanings.
- As a symbolist, she could decode the hidden meanings in ancient carvings.
- He became a symbolist after years of studying mythology and folklore.
- The museum hired a symbolist to explain the religious symbols in the exhibit.
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adjective
- Relating to or characteristic of symbolism or symbolists.
- The symbolist style often uses vague, dreamlike images.
- She wrote a symbolist poem about a journey through a dark forest.
- The play had a symbolist set design with abstract shapes and shadows.