escapism
[ih-skey-piz-uh m]
- the avoidance of reality by absorption of the mind in entertainment or in an imaginative situation, activity, etc.
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Origin of escapism
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restraint, evasion, prevention, dodge, recession, flight, forbearance, departure, parry, delay, circumvention, recoil, retreat, escape, self-restraint, escapism, elusion, nonparticipation, shunningExamples from the Web for escapism
Contemporary Examples
If nothing else, that clarity makes sports a healthy form of escapism.
Not only is it the finest form of escapism yet invented by humans—even including laser tag, opiates and Temptation Island!
All the Ways Contestants on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Have to Be Crazy PerfectKelly Williams Brown
April 29, 2014
Maybe, somewhere in our current favorite object of escapism, there is an obscure hunger to confront these hard facts.
Historical Examples
They are escapism embodied, a dreamland, a scape of fantasy, the vale of telenovellas.
After the RainSam Vaknin
If "escapism" be a need of man, cramped in his narrow personality, can any escape compare with the majesty of omnipresence?
Autobiography of a YOGIParamhansa Yogananda
escapism
- an inclination to or habit of retreating from unpleasant or unacceptable reality, as through diversion or fantasy
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Word Origin and History for escapism
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escapism
(ĭ-skā′pĭz′əm)- The tendency to escape from daily reality or routine by indulging in daydreaming, fantasy, or entertainment.
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