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ibsenism
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ibsenism, prop. n.
The dramatic practice or purpose characteristic of the writings of Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), Norwegian poet and dramatist, whose best-known plays deal with conventional hypocrisies, the story in each play thus developing a definite moral problem. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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