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Ibsenism

Ibsenism proper noun: the dramatic practice or purpose characteristic of the writings of Henrik Ibsen, whose best-known plays deal with conventional hypocrisies, the story in each play thus developing a definite moral problem.

Proper noun

Ibsenism

  1. The dramatic practice or purpose characteristic of the writings of Henrik Ibsen, whose best-known plays deal with conventional hypocrisies, the story in each play thus developing a definite moral problem.
    • Thus reasoned Mrs. Failing, in the facile vein of Ibsenism. She imagined herself to be a cold-eyed Scandinavian heroine.1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, XIII [Uniform ed., p. 143]

Origin of Ibsenism

From Ibsen + -ism.

Questions about Ibsenism

What does Ibsenism mean?
Ibsenism means the dramatic practice or purpose characteristic of the writings of Henrik Ibsen, whose best-known plays deal with conventional hypocrisies, the story in each play thus developing a definite moral problem.
What part of speech is Ibsenism?
Ibsenism is a proper noun.

Words near Ibsenism in the dictionary

  1. Ibsen
  2. Ibsenesque
  3. Ibsenian
  4. Ibsenic
  5. Ibsenish
  6. Ibsenism
  7. Ibsenite
  8. Ibsenites
  9. Ibsens
  10. Ibsley
  11. Ibson

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