escapism

English

Etymology

escape +‎ -ism

Noun

escapism (countable and uncountable, plural escapisms)

An inclination to escape from routine or reality into fantasy.
A genre of book, film etc. that one uses to indulge this tendency.
The performance of an escape artist.

Related terms

Translations

inclination to escape

Bulgarian: ескапизъм m (eskapizǎm)
Catalan: escapisme m
Danish: eskapisme
French: escapisme (fr)
German: Eskapismus (de) m
Hungarian: eszképizmus
Japanese: 現実逃避 (ja) (げんじつとうひ, genjitsu tōhi)
Maltese: Eskejpizmu
Occitan: escapisme m

Polish: eskapizm (pl) m
Portuguese: escapismo (pt) m
Russian: эскапизм (ru) m (eskapizm)
Serbo-Croatian: eskapizam (sh) m
Spanish: escapismo (es) m
Swedish: eskapism (sv)
Turkish: gerçeklerden kaçma
Ukrainian: ескапізм m (eskapizm)

Anagrams

Messapic, misspace

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