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An inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy
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escapism
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Escapism is the second studio album by Danish recording artist Fallulah , released on 4 February 2013 by Sony Music . It was released three years after her platinum selling debut album The Black Cat Neighborhood (2010). It debuted and peaked at number two ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ The world looks to Hollywood for escapism . EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But it is a form of escapism that is comforting to a great number of people. ▪ But no matter what trips your escapism triggers, City Week still wishes ...
Usage examples of escapism.
Houdini was renowned for his escapism but in fact there were many great escapists who preceded him and many who were his contemporaries.
The escapism was overdone, but it was largely accomplished in concert with other children, with Bloch showing signs of leadership.
Utopia as anything that has been written during the last fifty years, with its innocent Rousseauian escapism, but even here dangers always lurk in the shadows, threatening to tear the gossamer security into fragments at the first sign of weakness.
Sheklov, not having seen the show, had no opinion at first, but by the time Ambow found a more promising victim he had a very firm opinion indeed, The series was decadent bourgeois non-representational escapism of the worst conceivable kind.
Ambition escapism and scholarships propelled me to Cambridge, ready to learn the scientific and social skills I needed to understand and change the world.