ALL meanings of symbolist
sym·bol·ist
S s - noun symbolist a person who uses symbols or symbolism. 1
- noun symbolist a person versed in the study or interpretation of symbols. 1
- noun symbolist Literature. a writer who seeks to express or evoke emotions, ideas, etc., by stressing the symbolic value of language, to which is ascribed a capacity for communicating otherwise inexpressible visions of reality. (usually initial capital letter) a member of a group of chiefly French and Belgian poets of the latter part of the 19th century who sought to evoke aesthetic emotions by emphasizing the associative character of verbal, often private, images or by using synesthetic devices, as vowel sounds, presumably evocative of color. 1
- noun symbolist Fine Arts. an artist who seeks to symbolize or suggest ideas or emotions by the objects represented, the colors used, etc. (usually initial capital letter) a member of a group of late 19th-century artists who rejected realism and sought to express subjective visions rather than objective reality through the use of evocative images. 1
- noun symbolist (often initial capital letter) Ecclesiastical. a person who rejects the doctrine of transubstantiation and views the Eucharist symbolically. 1
- noun symbolist a person who favors the use of symbols in religious services. 1
- adjective symbolist of or relating to symbolists or symbolism. 1
- noun symbolist a person who uses or can interpret symbols, esp as a means to revealing aspects of truth and reality 0
- noun symbolist an artist or writer who practises symbolism in his work 0
- noun symbolist a writer associated with the symbolist movement 0
- noun symbolist an artist associated with the movement of symbolism 0
- noun symbolist a person who rejects any interpretation of the Eucharist that suggests that Christ is really present in it, and who maintains that the bread and wine are only symbols of his body and blood 0
- adjective symbolist of, relating to, or characterizing symbolism or symbolists 0
- noun symbolist a person who uses symbols 0
- noun symbolist 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 and tried to express ideas, emotions, and attitudes by the use of symbolic words, figures, objects, etc. 0
- noun symbolist a person who studies or is expert in interpreting symbols or symbolism 0