symbolist
象徴主義者
解説 Definition
象徴主義の芸術家や文学者。象徴や比喩を通じて感情や概念を表現する傾向を持つ人。
A symbolist is a writer, artist, or thinker who uses symbols to express ideas, emotions, or spiritual meaning rather than stating things directly. The word is often used for people connected to Symbolism, an artistic and literary movement. It can also describe anyone whose work depends strongly on symbolic meaning.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
symbol が分かれば覚えやすい語。-ist は pianist, novelist, realist などと同じ「〜する人」なので、symbolist は「象徴を使って表す人」。作品をそのまま説明せず、月・花・闇・光のようなイメージに感情や思想を託す詩人や画家を思い浮かべると定着する。symbolic expression を好む artist / poet という場面で覚えるとよい。紛らわしいのは symbolism が「象徴主義という考え方・運動」で、symbolist はその担い手である点。
Start with `symbol`, then add `-ist`, the same ending as in `artist` or `pianist`. That makes `symbolist` easy to remember as a person who works through symbols and images. It also helps to compare it with `symbolism`, which is the movement or style, not the person.
例文
The symbolist poet used metaphors to convey deep philosophical meanings.
象徴主義の詩人は隠喩を使って深い哲学的意味を伝えた
As a symbolist painter, he depicted ideas through abstract imagery.
象徴主義の画家として、彼は抽象的なイメージを通じて考えを描いた
The young symbolist filled his poems with images of moonlight and flowers.
その若い象徴主義者は月光や花のイメージを詩にちりばめた
symbolist の類義語・関連語
symbolist の語源・成り立ち Etymology
symbolist は symbol「象徴」+ -ist「…する人」。symbol はギリシャ語 symbolon にさかのぼり、syn-「共に」+ ballein「投げる」から『合わせて確かめる印』、そこから『象徴』になった。関連語は symbolic、symbolize。
Symbolist comes from symbol plus the suffix -ist, meaning a person connected with something. Symbol comes through Latin and French from Greek symbolon, from syn- "together" and ballein "to throw." It first referred to a token used to identify or confirm something, then developed into the idea of a sign that stands for something else; related words include symbolic and symbolize.
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