Associations to the word «Symbolist»

Wiktionary

SYMBOLIST, adjective. (arts) (literature) Of or pertaining to the Symbolist movement in late 19th-century and early 20th-century European arts and literature
SYMBOLIST, noun. One who employs symbols.

Dictionary definition

SYMBOLIST, noun. A member of an artistic movement that expressed ideas indirectly via symbols.
SYMBOLIST, noun. Someone skilled in the interpretation or representation of symbols.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats