Pirandellismn.
/ˌpɪrənˈdɛlɪz(ə)m/, /ˌpɪrn̩ˈdɛlɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌpɪrənˈdɛlɪz(ə)m/ The theatrical style or method of Pirandello; a theatrical style or method imitating or reminiscent of this.
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Marlowism1593
Rabelaism1803
Johnsonianism1807
Johnsonism1807
Boswellism1825
Swiftianism1826
Walter Scottism1835
Carlylism1841
Voltairism1841
Macaulayism1846
Voltairianism1848
Zolaism1882
Rabelaisianism1886
Brontëism1887
Arnoldism1892
Kiplingism1898
Shavianism1905
Menckenism1922
Sitwellism1922
Pirandellism1925
Shavianismus1927
Proustery1928
Wodehousian1931
Waughism1934
Snovianism1966
Orwellianism1967
Pinterism1967
Orwellism1970
Pinterishness1970
1925 Times 16 June 14/2 Call it Pirandellism and you have a name for a new theatrical amusement.
1962 Spectator 23 Mar. 370/2 The ending makes the play the second victim in twelve months of phoney and incompetent Pirandellism.
1988 M. Charney Hamlet's Fictions Introd. 8 Shakespeare's Pirandellism in Hamlet turns on the theme of passion, which deeply concerned both playwrights.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1925