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

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

Thus reasoned Mrs. Failing, in the facile vein of Ibsenism.

From The Longest Journey by Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan)

Mr. Shaw's old and recognized philosophy was that powerfully presented in "The Quintessence of Ibsenism."

From Heretics by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

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

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

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 Ward, Maisie