"escapism" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪˈskeɪpɪzəm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-escapism.wav Forms: escapisms [plural]
Etymology: From escape + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|escape|ism}} escape + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} escapism (countable and uncountable, plural escapisms)
  1. An inclination to escape from routine or reality into fantasy. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (inclination to escape): ескапизъм (eskapizǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), escapisme [masculine] (Catalan), eskapisme (Danish), todellisuuspakoisuus (Finnish), eskapismi (Finnish), escapisme (French), Eskapismus [masculine] (German), Wirklichkeitsflucht [feminine] (German), Realitätsflucht [feminine] (German), Entfliehung aus dem Alltag [feminine] (German), Flucht aus der Wirklichkeit [feminine] (German), eszképizmus (Hungarian), menekülés a nyomasztó valóság elől (Hungarian), 現実逃避 (genjitsu tōhi) (alt: げんじつ とうひ) (Japanese), ескепизам (eskepizam) [masculine] (Macedonian), Eskejpizmu (Maltese), escapisme [masculine] (Occitan), eskapizm [masculine] (Polish), escapismo [masculine] (Portuguese), ਭਾਂਜਵਾਦ (bhāñjvād) [masculine] (Punjabi), эскапизм (eskapizm) [masculine] (Russian), eskapizam [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), escapismo [masculine] (Spanish), eskapism (Swedish), gerçeklerden kaçma (Turkish), ескапізм (eskapizm) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. A genre of book, film etc. that one uses to indulge this tendency. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (genre): eskapismi (Finnish)
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  3. The performance of an escape artist. Tags: countable, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: escapist, escapology, escapistic, displacement activity, diversion Related terms (more broadly): distraction
Disambiguation of 'more broadly': 0 0 0

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "эскапи́зм",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: эскапи́зм (eskapízm)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: эскапи́зм (eskapízm)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "escape",
        "3": "ism"
      },
      "expansion": "escape + -ism",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From escape + -ism.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "escapisms",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "escapism (countable and uncountable, plural escapisms)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "escapist"
    },
    {
      "word": "escapology"
    },
    {
      "word": "escapistic"
    },
    {
      "word": "displacement activity"
    },
    {
      "sense": "more broadly",
      "word": "distraction"
    },
    {
      "word": "diversion"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An inclination to escape from routine or reality into fantasy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inclination",
          "inclination"
        ],
        [
          "escape",
          "escape"
        ],
        [
          "routine",
          "routine"
        ],
        [
          "reality",
          "reality"
        ],
        [
          "fantasy",
          "fantasy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A genre of book, film etc. that one uses to indulge this tendency."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "book",
          "book"
        ],
        [
          "film",
          "film"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The performance of an escape artist."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "escape artist",
          "escape artist"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɪˈskeɪpɪzəm/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "eskapizǎm",
      "sense": "inclination to escape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ескапизъм"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "inclination to escape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escapisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "inclination to escape",
      "word": "eskapisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "inclination to escape",
      "word": "todellisuuspakoisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "inclination to escape",
      "word": "eskapismi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "inclination to escape",
      "word": "escapisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "inclination to escape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Eskapismus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "inclination to escape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Wirklichkeitsflucht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "inclination to escape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Realitätsflucht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "inclination to escape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Entfliehung aus dem Alltag"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "inclination to escape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Flucht aus der Wirklichkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "inclination to escape",
      "word": "eszképizmus"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "inclination to escape",
      "word": "menekülés a nyomasztó valóság elől"
    },
    {
      "alt": "げんじつ とうひ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "genjitsu tōhi",
      "sense": "inclination to escape",
      "word": "現実逃避"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "eskepizam",
      "sense": "inclination to escape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ескепизам"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "inclination to escape",
      "word": "Eskejpizmu"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "inclination to escape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escapisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "inclination to escape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eskapizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "inclination to escape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escapismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "bhāñjvād",
      "sense": "inclination to escape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ਭਾਂਜਵਾਦ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "eskapizm",
      "sense": "inclination to escape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "эскапизм"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "inclination to escape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eskapizam"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "inclination to escape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escapismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "inclination to escape",
      "word": "eskapism"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "inclination to escape",
      "word": "gerçeklerden kaçma"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "eskapizm",
      "sense": "inclination to escape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ескапізм"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "genre",
      "word": "eskapismi"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "escapism"
  ],
  "word": "escapism"
}

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