symbolist
English
editEtymology
editFrom French symboliste, coined by poet Paul Verlaine in 1885.
Adjective
editsymbolist (not comparable)
- (art, literature) Of or pertaining to the Symbolist movement in late 19th-century and early 20th-century European arts and literature
- 2007 April 15, Randy Kennedy, “When Picasso and Braque Went to the Movies”, in New York Times[1]:
- The general picture that has emerged is one of Cubism bubbling up out of a thick Parisian stew of symbolist poetry, Cézanne, cafe society, African masks, absinthe and a fascination with all things mechanical and modern, mostly airplanes and automatons.
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editNoun
editsymbolist (plural symbolists)
- One who employs symbols.
Translations
editsomeone employing symbols
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See also
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Symbolism (arts) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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editSwedish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French symboliste.
Noun
editsymbolist c
- (art, literature) symbolist (adherent of the Symbolist movement)
Declension
edit| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | symbolist | symbolists |
| definite | symbolisten | symbolistens | |
| plural | indefinite | symbolister | symbolisters |
| definite | symbolisterna | symbolisternas |
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