symbolist noun 3adjective 1forms 1 noun3 •One who employs symbols. •A symbolist poet or artist. •A proponent of symbolic artificial intelligence.At the helm of the symbolists was [Frank] Rosenblatt’s nemesis, MIT professor Marvin Minsky. — 2025 adjective1 •Of or pertaining to the Symbolist movement in late 19th-century and early 20th-century European arts and literature formssymbolists