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

It's not ignorance or superstition, Paramore: it's sheer downright Ibsenism: that's what it is.

From The Philanderer by Shaw, Bernard

But this would be rank Ibsenism, and outrage British morality, which would be still more dreadful.

From The Black Cat A Play in Three Acts by Todhunter, John

Had he lived longer, he probably would have sung us something in a cautionary strain; just as it can never be sufficiently regretted that he did not live long enough to handle Ibsenism.

From Matthew Arnold by Saintsbury, George

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