ESCAPISM meaning: Avoidance of reality through fantasy

We found 25 dictionaries that define the word escapism:

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escapism: Merriam-Webster
escapism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
escapism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
escapism: Collins English Dictionary
escapism: Vocabulary.com
Escapism, escapism: Wordnik
escapism: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
escapism: Wiktionary
escapism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
escapism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
escapism: Infoplease Dictionary
escapism: Dictionary.com
escapism: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Escapism (disambiguation), Escapism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
escapism: Rhymezone
escapism: FreeDictionary.org
escapism: Mnemonic Dictionary
escapism: TheFreeDictionary.com
escapism: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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escapism: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)

escapism: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
escapism: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

Escapism: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  An inclination to escape from routine or reality into fantasy.
▸ noun:  A genre of book, film etc. that one uses to indulge this tendency.
▸ noun:  The performance of an escape artist.

Opposite:

engagement, immersion, involvement

Types:

reading, watching movies, playing video games, listening to music, daydreaming, traveling, drinking, smoking, more...

Phrases:

Geothermal Escapism, more...

Adjectives:

pure, romantic, mere, such, sheer, religious, simple, political, much, aesthetic, literary

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