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adj
Of or pertaining to the Symbolist movement in late 19th-century and early 20th-century European arts and literature
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: art, arts, literature, media, publishing
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noun
One who employs symbols.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A symbolist poet or artist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: art, arts
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noun
A proponent of symbolic artificial intelligence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: artificial intelligence
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noun
a member of an artistic movement that expressed ideas indirectly via symbols
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: artist, creative person
noun
someone skilled in the interpretation or representation of symbols
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: symbolizer, symboliser
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Broader terms: interpreter, translator
History
From French symboliste, coined by French poet Paul Verlaine in 1885.
Across languages
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