Usually means: Seeking distraction from daily life.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. escapist: Merriam-Webster
  2. escapist: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. escapist: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. escapist: Collins English Dictionary
  5. escapist: Vocabulary.com
  6. Escapist, escapist: Wordnik
  7. escapist: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. escapist: Wiktionary
  9. escapist: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. escapist: Dictionary.com
  11. Escapist (album), Escapist (character), Escapist (disambiguation), Escapist, The Escapist (character), The Escapist (film), The Escapist (magazine), The Escapist (website), The Escapist: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. escapist: Rhymezone
  13. escapist: FreeDictionary.org
  14. escapist: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. escapist: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. escapist: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. escapist: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. escapist: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Escapist, escapist: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See escapists as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (escapist)

adjective:  Intended for or tending toward escape; especially, used to avoid, deny, or forget about reality, as through fantasy.
noun:  Someone who wants to escape; especially from reality

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