symbolist
noun[C]
art,literaturespecializeduk/ˈsɪm.bəl.ɪst/us/ˈsɪm.bəl.ɪst/awriteror anartistconnectedwithsymbolism(= atypeofartandliteraturedevelopedin the late 19thcenturythattriestoexpressideasorstatesofmindratherthanrepresenttherealworld):
He was aneccentricsymbolist whopaintedcolourfulbutsinisterscenesfromancientmythology.
TheFrenchSymbolists were hisprincipalpoeticmodel.
- Hisinfluencesincludedsymbolists as well as the Americanabstractexpressionists.
- Klimt wasregardedas aminorAustrian symbolist at thattime.
- Whatpreoccupiedthe Symbolists wasmythand thesymbolismofgods,heroes,elvesandfairies.
People who write for work or pleasure
- autobiographer
- blogger
- Braillist
- chronicler
- co-author
- columnist
- correspondent
- dramatist
- essayist
- humorist
- poet
- scriptwriter
- Shakespeare
- songwriter
- speechwriter
- stenographer
- stylist
- tweep
- tweeter
- twitterati
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symbolist
adjective
art,literaturespecializeduk/ˈsɪm.bəl.ɪst/us/ˈsɪm.bəl.ɪst/relatingtosymbolism(= atypeofartandliteraturedevelopedin the late 19thcenturythattriestoexpressideasorstatesofmindratherthanrepresenttherealworld)or toartistsorwritersconnectedwith it:
Adolphe Monticelli was a symbolistpainter.
symbolistpoets
- Hölderlin'sdifficultsymbolistpoetryhas beenrevaluedthiscentury.
- Helinkshisworkto symbolistartistssuch as Arnold Bocklin.
- Hisportraitsdepictfiguresconnectedto the symbolistmovementof the late 19thcentury.
Philosophy
- aesthete
- aesthetic
- aesthetically
- anthropocentric
- anthropocentrism
- epistemology
- essentialism
- existential
- existentialism
- existentialist
- non-philosophical
- notional
- ontological
- ontology
- Parkinson's law
- spatio-temporal
- superorganic
- syllogism
- syllogistic
- symbolism