'escapism' definitions:
Definition of 'escapism'
(from WordNet)
noun
An inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy; "romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life"; "his alcohol problem was a form of escapism" [syn: escape, escapism]
Synonyms of 'escapism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alienation,
- autism,
- autistic thinking,
- avoidance mechanism,
- blame-shifting,
- break,
- breakout,
- compensation,
- decompensation,
- defense mechanism,
- deliverance,
- delivery,
- dereism,
- dereistic thinking,
- displacement,
- dissociation,
- emergence,
- emotional insulation,
- escape,
- escape into fantasy,
- escape mechanism,
- evasion,
- extrication,
- fantasizing,
- fantasy,
- flight,
- freeing,
- getaway,
- isolation,
- issuance,
- issue,
- jailbreak,
- leak,
- leakage,
- liberation,
- negativism,
- outlet,
- overcompensation,
- prisonbreak,
- projection,
- psychotaxis,
- rationalization,
- release,
- rescue,
- resistance,
- riddance,
- setting-free,
- sociological adjustive reactions,
- sublimation,
- substitution,
- vent,
- wish-fulfillment fantasy,
- wishful thinking,
- withdrawal
Words containing 'escapism'
- Escapable,
- Escape,
- Escaped,
- Escapement,
- Escaper,
- Escaping,
- escape from,
- Cylinder escapement,
- Deadbeat escapement,
- Detached escapement,
- Duplex escapement,
- Escape pipe,
- Escape valve,
- Escape wheel,
- Fire escape,
- Lever escapement,
- Recoil escapement,
- Voluntary escape,
- escape cock,
- escape expert,
- escape hatch,
- escape mechanism,
- escape notice,
- escape velocity,
- narrow escape