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" (82 found)
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Noun(6 words)
alcoholicalternating personalityantisocial personalitydaydreamerdisordered personalitydisturbed personalitydon quixotedouble personalitydreamerdreamer of dreamsdrug user
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dual personalityemotionally unstable personalityenthusiastescape artistescapeeescaperfugitivehostile personalityhypochondriachypochondriastidealistidiotimaginary invalidimmature personalityinadequate personalityinferior personalitylotus eaterlotus-eatermalade imaginaire
Noun(5 words)
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maladjusted personalitymentally defective personalitymoral insanitymultiple personalityneuropathneuroticneurotic personalityparanoid personalityperverse personalityprophetpsychoneuroticpsychopathpsychopathic personalitypsychoticpsychotic personalityquixoterhapsodistromancerromanticromanticist
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schizoidschizoid personalityseclusive personalityseersexual psychopathshut-in personalitysociopathsplit personalityutopianutopianistutopianizervaletudinarianvaletudinaryvisionaryweak personalitywishful thinker
Noun(5 words)
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12 entriesdaydreamerdreamerescapist authorescapist cinemaescapist contentescapist entertainmentescapist fictionescapist filmmakerescapist game designerescapist literatureescapist mediafantasist
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9 entriesescapist cinemaescapist contentescapist entertainmentescapist fantasyescapist fictionescapist lifestyleescapist literatureescapist mediaescapist tendencies
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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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