Ibsenism

American  

[ib-suh-niz-uhm] / ˈɪb səˌnɪz əm /

noun

1. a manner or style of dramatic structure or content characteristic of Ibsen.

2. attachment to or advocacy of Ibsen's dramatic style and social ideas.

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Etymology

Origin of Ibsenism

First recorded in 1885–90; Ibsen + -ism

Example Sentences

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Ibsenism

Eventually Mr. Bock takes us dangerously close to the glowing core of Ibsenism, giving the Off Broadway treasure Deirdre O’Connell a stupendous 25-minute monologue that rips open the story with heartbreaking self-reproach.

From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2019

I've always thought that a naturalized Ibsenism wouldn't be so bad for our stage.

From The Story of a Play A Novel by William Dean Howells

It is my solemn belief that it was my Quintessence of Ibsenism that rescued you and all your ungrateful generation from Materialism and Rationalism.*

From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Maisie Ward

That pain in the self-esteem nowadays causes critics to raise a cry of Ibsenism.

From Bernard Shaw's Preface to Major Barbara by Bernard Shaw

But the shortest form in which I can state the idea of The Quintessence of Ibsenism is that it is the idea of distrusting ideals, which are universal, in comparison with facts, which are miscellaneous.

From George Bernard Shaw by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton