symbolist

• Personne qui appartient au mouvement artistique ou littéraire du symbolisme, exprimant des idées de manière indirecte à travers des symboles, ou personne capable d'interpréter ou de représenter des symboles.

A noun referring to a person who is a member of an artistic movement that expresses ideas indirectly through symbols, or someone skilled in interpreting or representing symbols.

1. Member of the Symbolist movementC1formalart

   An artist, writer, or poet who was part of the late 19th-century Symbolist movement, which used symbols and indirect suggestion to express ideas, emotions, and spiritual truths rather than direct representation.

   symboliste (mouvement symboliste)

   • The symbolist poet used rich imagery to evoke feelings of melancholy.
   • Many symbolist painters rejected realism in favor of dreamlike scenes.
   • The exhibition featured works by French symbolists like Gustave Moreau.

2. Interpreter of symbolsC1formal

   A person who is skilled in interpreting, creating, or using symbols to represent ideas, concepts, or hidden meanings.

   Interprète de symboles

   • As a symbolist, she could decode the hidden messages in ancient carvings.
   • The designer acted as a symbolist, embedding cultural icons into the logo.
   • He was known as a symbolist for his ability to translate complex theories into simple visual metaphors.