Definition of Ibsenian

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or in the manner of the playwright Henrik Ibsen.

Partainyms: Ibsen
Derivative terms: Ibsen

Definition of Ibsenian

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to (w Henrik Ibsen) (1828–1906), 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ibsenian

Ibibio
Ibis ibis
Ibiza
Ibizan
Ibizan Hound
Ibizan Hounds
Ibizan Podenco
Ibizan hound
Iblis
Ibn al-Haytham
Ibo
Ibrahim
Ibrahimic
Ibsen
Ibsenesque
Ibsenian
Ibycus
Icaricia
Icarus
Icehouse
Icel.
Iceland
Iceland disease
Iceland lichen
Iceland moss
Iceland poppy
Iceland spar
Icelander
Icelanders
Icelandic

Literary usage of Ibsenian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ibsen in Germany, 1870-1900 by William Henri Eller (1918)
"The German drama had become independent, differing from the ibsenian model both in form and content. A naturalistic dialogue had superseded the ..."

2. The Contemporary Review (1898)
"The ibsenian anarchists are right in reminding us that there is really nothing holy in such a road ; for holiness is a quality, not of institutions, ..."

3. European Dramatists by Archibald Henderson (1913)
"In America there was — and is — no school of acting, classic in finish, classic in tradition, to interpret the complex harmonies of the ibsenian dramas. ..."

4. Masters of the English Novel: A Study of Principles and Personalities by Richard Burton (1909)
"His women, for example, strike us as somewhat mechanical; there is a sameness about them that means the failure to differentiate: the ibsenian psychology of ..."

5. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1918)
"It seems to me that, perhaps, we arrive at the true significance of the part which Hilda Wangel plays in the drama, if we regard her as a typical ibsenian ..."

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