See escapism in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "inclination to escape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eskapizm"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "inclination to escape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "escapismo"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"lang_code": "pa",
"roman": "bhāñjvād",
"sense": "inclination to escape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ਭਾਂਜਵਾਦ"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "eskapizm",
"sense": "inclination to escape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "эскапизм"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "inclination to escape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eskapizam"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "inclination to escape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "escapismo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "inclination to escape",
"word": "eskapism"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "inclination to escape",
"word": "gerçeklerden kaçma"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "eskapizm",
"sense": "inclination to escape",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ескапізм"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "genre",
"word": "eskapismi"
}
],
"word": "escapism"
}
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