Ibsenism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  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.

Word forms

Ibsenism

Etymology

From Ibsen + -ism.

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