Ibsenism

English

Etymology

Ibsen +‎ -ism

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.
   • 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, XIII [Uniform ed., p. 143]:

     Thus reasoned Mrs. Failing, in the facile vein of Ibsenism. She imagined herself to be a cold-eyed Scandinavian heroine.