escapist

English

Etymology

From escape +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

escapist (comparative more escapist, superlative most escapist)

1. Intended for or tending toward escape; especially, used to avoid, deny, or forget about reality, as through fantasy.

   He enjoys reading escapist fiction in his free time.

   • 2025 May 14, Nicholas Barber, “'A miserable, apocalyptic tract': Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning could be 'the feel-bad film of the summer”, in BBC‎^[1]:

     The opposite of an escapist blockbuster, the eighth and apparently final outing for Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt is the doomiest and gloomiest yet in the action-adventure franchise.

Translations

intended or tending toward escape

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 逃避现实的

• Finnish: todellisuuspakoinen, eskapistinen (fi)
• Punjabi: ਭਾਂਜਵਾਦੀ (bhāñjvādī)

Noun

escapist (plural escapists)

1. Someone who wants to escape; especially from reality

Translations

someone wanting to escape reality

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 逃避现实的人

• Finnish: eskapisti (fi)

Derived terms

• escapistic

See also

• escapologist

Anagrams

• capsites, spaciest

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English escapiste.

Adjective

escapist m or n (feminine singular escapistă, masculine plural escapiști, feminine/neuter plural escapiste)

1. escapist

Declension

Declension of escapist

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	escapist		escapistă		escapiști	escapiste
	definite	escapistul		escapista		escapiștii	escapistele
genitive- dative	indefinite	escapist		escapiste		escapiști	escapiste
	definite	escapistului		escapistei		escapiștilor	escapistelor