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Synonyms for escapism
ɪˈskeɪ pɪz əmes·capism
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Princeton's WordNet
escape, escapismnoun
an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy
"romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life"; "his alcohol problem was a form of escapism"
Synonyms:
relief valve, leakage, evasion, dodging, escape, escape cock, leak, safety valve, flight, escape valve, outflow
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#2061 | flight | |
#4430 | escape | |
#10170 | leak | |
#17226 | leakage | |
#27354 | evasion | |
#28247 | outflow | |
#42980 | dodging | |
#87565 | escapism |
How to use escapism in a sentence?
James Bond is James Bond, that takes audiences on this massive escapism journey.
Today is just a lovely thing to be able to do just given the current state of everything, you obviously think about the whole COVID thing and how it's affecting people ... But when you're out here, it's an escapism, isn't it? It's time to not think about other things. It's time to just enjoy yourself if you can - you know, sort of stolen moments.
seeing is believing they say and if boundaries are limitless are we? or is existence twofold and doomed before the sights are set and if so does God really weep for humanity and must we continue to seek sustenance through escapism and do sporting events in all their microcosmic glory refute the tenets of nihilism or should we simply accept and wallow in our ignorance unbearable lightness of being creatures who feelwhat -- I don’t know
I think people who are living where places are opening up more are still probably experiencing considerable amounts of anxiety ; no one really knows what to expect, and probably people still have loved ones and family members in parts of the country where things are still pretty dire, so I think even if things are opening up more, people are going to be inclined to seek out some escapism.
Vogue is the place that we go to look at beautiful clothes and fancy places and escapism and so I feel like if the story reflects me and I happen to be wearing a beautiful Prada dress and surrounded by beautiful men and dogs, what's the problem? if they want to see what I really look like go watch the show that I make every single week.
Translations for escapism
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- التهريبة تهرب من الواقعArabic
- ескапизъмBulgarian
- eskapismeDanish
- EskapismusGerman
- απόδρασηςGreek
- escapismoSpanish
- escapismeFrench
- eszképizmusHungarian
- 現実逃避Japanese
- EskejpizmuMaltese
- escapismoPortuguese
- эскапизмRussian
- eskapizamSerbo-Croatian
- eskapismSwedish
- gerçeklerden kaçmaTurkish
- ескапізмUkrainian
- فرارUrdu
- thoát lyVietnamese
- 空想Chinese
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