IBSENISM

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
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.

2.
n.

A suffix signifying, in general, relating to, or characteristic of; as, historic, hygienic, telegraphic, etc.

3.
n.

A suffix, denoting that the element indicated enters into certain compounds with its highest valence, or with a valence relatively higher than in compounds where the name of the element ends in -ous; as, ferric, sulphuric. It is also used in the general sense of pertaining to; as, hydric, sodic, calcic.


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