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figurist

figurist noun: a proponent of figurism.

Noun

figurist (plural figurists)

  1. (historical) A proponent of figurism.
  2. One who uses or interprets figurative expressions.
    • the whole Church of Egypt condemned the Figurist's Doctrine in Origen whom they through Mistake supposed did hold it1740, Daniel Waterland, A brief historical account of the primitive invocation […]
  3. An artist who produces figures (representations of people, animals, etc.).

figurist meaning in Tamil

figurist in Tamil

உருவ உதவியால் விளக்குபவர்

Forms of figurist

pluralfigurists

Origin of figurist

From figure + -ist.

Questions about figurist

What does figurist mean?
Figurist means a proponent of figurism.
What is figurist in Tamil?
Figurist in Tamil is உருவ உதவியால் விளக்குபவர். See Figurist meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is figurist?
Figurist is a noun.
What is the plural of figurist?
The plural of figurist is figurists.

Words near figurist in the dictionary

  1. figuring out
  2. figuring up
  3. figurings
  4. figurings out
  5. figurism
  6. figurist
  7. figurists
  8. figurize
  9. figurized
  10. figurizes
  11. figurizing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: figurist (page history and authors); figurist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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