escapism

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English

Definitions

noun

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

Related words

Synonyms

escape restitutive fantasy romance fantasization immersion fantasy world intrusion fantasy fantasy phantasy imagination surrealscape irrealism thoughtscape fearscape isekai abstraction

Associated

banal unpleasant realities superhero isolation reality fun cinema readers

Rhymes

altruism skepticism mechanism despotism dynamism organism schism magnetism hedonism egotism

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