What is another word for Symbolistic?

Pronunciation: [sˌɪmbəlˈɪstɪk] (IPA)

Symbolistic refers to the use of symbols or symbolism to convey deeper meaning in a literary or artistic work. Some synonyms for symbolistic include allegorical, emblematic, expressive, figural, metaphorical, signifying, and representative. Allegorical refers to a story or image that represents a hidden meaning. Emblematic refers to the depiction of an emblem or symbol to represent an idea. Expressive refers to the ability to convey emotions or ideas through symbols or art. Figural refers to a representation of an object or concept through a symbol. Metaphorical refers to the use of metaphors to create meaning. Signifying refers to the use of symbols to represent or convey meaning. Finally, representative refers to an image or object that is representative of a specific concept or idea.

What are the hypernyms for Symbolistic?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Symbolistic

Everything in language-talk almost colloquial, dainty lyrics full of exquisite emotion, and grand passages which present in sweeping images now the processes of cosmic evolution, now those of spiritual evolution, until it seems as if we had indeed been conducted to some vast mountain height, whence we could look forth upon the century's turbulent seas of thought, into which flows many a current from the past, while suspended above between the sea and sky like the crucifix in Simons' wonderful Symbolistic picture of the Middle Ages, is the mystical form of Divine Love.
"The Three Heron's Feathers"
Hermann Sudermann
Other suggestions for Symbolistic announcements of some of the more common names are as follows: "Cohan-O'Brien"-ice cream cones on a plate of O'Brien potatoes.
"Perfect Behavior A Guide for Ladies and Gentlemen in all Social Crises"
Donald Ogden Stewart
The Blue Class, as became mere infants ranging from six to ten years old, remained phlegmatically indifferent to the missive, yet avid for samples of the chocolates that had accompanied the declaration, made to eighty girls of all ages by one undersized, pasty, freckled young man employed as junior clerk and chain-assistant in a surveyor's office, and who signed at the end of a long row of Symbolistic crosses the unheroic name of Billy Keyse.
"The Dop Doctor"
Clotilde Inez Mary Graves

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