escapism

English

Etymology

escape +‎ -ism

Noun

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.

Related terms

• escapist
• escapology
• escapistic

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
• 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)

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