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symbolistic

symbolistic adjective: characterized by the use of symbols.

Adjective

symbolistic (comparative more symbolistic, superlative most symbolistic)

  1. Characterized by the use of symbols.
    • symbolistic poetry

Forms of symbolistic

comparativemore symbolistic
superlativemost symbolistic
alternative formsymbolistical

Origin of symbolistic

From symbol + -istic.

Words formed from symbolistic

Questions about symbolistic

What does symbolistic mean?
Symbolistic means characterized by the use of symbols.
What part of speech is symbolistic?
Symbolistic is an adjective.

Words near symbolistic in the dictionary

  1. symbolises
  2. symbolising
  3. symbolism
  4. symbolisms
  5. symbolist
  6. symbolistic
  7. symbolistical
  8. symbolistically
  9. symbolists
  10. symbolizable
  11. symbolization

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