It's pure escapism.
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Escapism
/ɪˈskeɪpɪzəm/
Synonyms for "escapism" (66 found)
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Closest matches (14)
alienationautismautistic thinkingavoidance mechanismblame-shiftingbreakbreakoutcompensationdecompensationdefense mechanismdeliverancedeliverydereism
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (19)
dereistic thinkingdisplacementdissociationemergenceemotional insulationescapeescape into fantasyescape mechanismevasionextricationfantasizingfantasy
Related words (33)
Noun(4 words)
flightfreeinggetawayisolationissuanceissuejailbreakleakleakageliberationnegativismoutletovercompensationprisonbreakprojectionpsychotaxisrationalizationreleaserescueresistance
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riddancesetting-freesociological adjustive reactionssublimationsubstitutionventwish-fulfillment fantasywishful thinkingwithdrawal
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
8 entriesartistic practicebehavioral patterncoping mechanismcultural phenomenondiversionmedia phenomenonpsychological phenomenonrecreation
More specific
6 entriesescapist fictionfantasy cinemafantasy immersionmythic narrativesreading escapismvideo game escapism
Collocations
6 entriescultural escapismdigital escapismescapism cultureescapist fictionmedia escapismpsychological escapism
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesSample 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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