Ibsenism

English Etymology From en Ibsen ism. 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. 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. en eponyms