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Recent Examples of symbolistic
Williams was the group’s poet but also its madcap, blending a symbolistic worldview with a devilish sense of humor.
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Ethan Mordden, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2018
The symbolistic use of the color red, worn by the accusing girls, is contrasted with the more subdued colors of the accused.
—Orange County Register, 27 Jan. 2017
Ethan Mordden, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2018
The symbolistic use of the color red, worn by the accusing girls, is contrasted with the more subdued colors of the accused.
—Orange County Register, 27 Jan. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for symbolistic
Adjective
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Critics responded enthusiastically to Stewart’s impressionistic storytelling and casting Imogen Poots as Yuknavitch.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
8 Jan. 2026
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Think of Matthieu Blazy’s debut at Chanel, a collection brimming with joy that blew florals up to impressionistic proportions.—
Rosie Jarman,
Vogue,
3 Jan. 2026
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Like a director manning a film dolly, Kehlmann pans from one perspective to another—including those of Greta Garbo and Louise Brooks, two glamorous actors whom Pabst discovered—to give an expressionistic sense of the people and the forces shaping his life.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
4 Dec. 2025
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In nearly all these cases, there remains a sense of the uncanny, which makes the more recent works in the restaged show noteworthy for their comparably insistent, sometimes expressionistic representation of a warped realism.—
Tim Griffin,
Artforum,
1 Dec. 2025
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Photograph by Evelyn Freja A stroke of inspiration led the boundary-pushing vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater to pair up with the impressionist pianist Bill Charlap.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
19 Dec. 2025
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O’Neal is known for both his neo-impressionist paintings and for large-scale installations of souvenir caricature figurines reflecting on the historic commodification of Black creativity.—
Douglas Markowitz,
Miami Herald,
19 Dec. 2025
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One of music’s greatest cosmic ironies is how ground zero for the expressionist rage known as death metal is located in easy driving distance from the Most Magical Place on Earth.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
19 Nov. 2025
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His views of their unconventional garments are painterly and romantic—expressionist evocations rather than detailed transcriptions of the clothes.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Symbolistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/symbolistic. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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