escapism

From escape +‎ -ism.

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈskeɪpɪzəm/

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escapism (countable and uncountable, plural escapisms)

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

• escapist
• escapology
• escapistic

• → Russian: эскапи́зм (eskapízm)

• displacement activity
• (more broadly) distraction, diversion

• Messapic, Campises, mispaces, misspace

Borrowed from English escapism.

escapism n (plural escapisme)

1. escapism