It's pure escapism.
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Escapism
//ɪˈskeɪpɪzəm//
Synonyms for "escapism" (56 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (28)
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2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
6 entriescauses desire
1 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
11 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 21 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- تَهْرُبِيَّة noun (inclination to escape)
- هُرُوب مِن الوَاقِعِ noun (inclination to escape)
Bulgarian
1 entries- ескапизъм noun (inclination to escape)
Catalan
1 entries- escapisme noun (inclination to escape)
Danish
1 entries- eskapisme noun (inclination to escape)
Finnish
3 entries- eskapismi noun (inclination to escape)
- eskapismi noun (genre)
- todellisuuspakoisuus noun (inclination to escape)
French
1 entries- escapisme noun (inclination to escape)
German
4 entries- Entfliehung aus dem Alltag noun (inclination to escape)
- Eskapismus noun (inclination to escape)
- Flucht aus der Wirklichkeit noun (inclination to escape)
- Realitätsflucht noun (inclination to escape)
Hungarian
2 entries- eszképizmus noun (inclination to escape)
- menekülés a nyomasztó valóság elől noun (inclination to escape)
Japanese
1 entries- 現実逃避 noun (inclination to escape)
Macedonian
1 entries- ескепизам noun (inclination to escape)
Maltese
1 entries- Eskejpizmu noun (inclination to escape)
Occitan
1 entries- escapisme noun (inclination to escape)
Polish
1 entries- eskapizm noun (inclination to escape)
Portuguese
1 entries- escapismo noun (inclination to escape)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਭਾਂਜਵਾਦ noun (inclination to escape)
Russian
1 entries- эскапизм noun (inclination to escape)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- eskapizam noun (inclination to escape)
Spanish
1 entries- escapismo noun (inclination to escape)
Swedish
1 entries- eskapism noun (inclination to escape)
Turkish
1 entries- gerçeklerden kaçma noun (inclination to escape)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ескапізм noun (inclination to escape)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Tom reads science fiction as a form of escapism.
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For me, the comic strips that I read and the ones that I myself conceived and drew were my biggest source of escapism.
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Escapism doesn't usually put food on the table.
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