From the coffee table photo book to the bathroom factoid anthology to the bedside escapist novel, American literature is designed to match the furniture.
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Escapist
Synonyms for "escapist" (70 found)
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6 translations across 3 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 逃避现实的 adj (intended or tending toward escape)
- 逃避现实的人 noun (someone wanting to escape reality)
Finnish
3 entries- eskapistinen adj (intended or tending toward escape)
- todellisuuspakoinen adj (intended or tending toward escape)
- eskapisti noun (someone wanting to escape reality)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਭਾਂਜਵਾਦੀ adj (intended or tending toward escape)
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Although critics have sometimes dismissed genre fiction as escapist, poorly written and full of clichés, some writers — such as Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Mary Shelley and Edgar Allan Poe — have transcended the genres of science fiction or of horror to craft classic works of literature.
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We made an escapist political thriller that we wanted to imbue with humanity and realism.
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He enjoys reading escapist fiction in his free time.
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