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

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

Spiritualism, Socialism, Ibsenism, Walt Whitmania—all the movements and sensations of the day, social, political, and artistic, in so far as they are follies—have been shot at as they rose.

From The History of "Punch" by Spielmann, M. H. (Marion Harry)

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

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

Major     critical essays: The quintessence     of Ibsenism; The perfect Wagnerite;     The sanity of art.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1958 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office