Meaning of ESCAPISM

Pronunciation:			e'skeypizum
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  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"
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	Synonyms:		escape
	See Also:		diversion, recreation
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		alienation, autism, autistic thinking, avoidance mechanism, blame-shifting, break, breakout, compensation, decompensation, defense mechanism, deliverance, delivery, dereism, dereistic thinking, displacement, dissociation, emergence, emotional insulation, escape, escape into fantasy, escape mechanism, evasion, extrication, fantasizing, fantasy, flight, freeing, getaway, isolation, issuance, issue, jailbreak, leak, leakage, liberation, negativism, outlet, overcompensation, prisonbreak, projection, psychotaxis, rationalization, release, rescue, resistance, riddance, setting-free, sociological adjustive reactions, sublimation, substitution, vent, wishful thinking, wish-fulfillment fantasy, withdrawal