escapism

From escape + -ism.

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈskeɪpɪzəm/

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escapism (countable and uncountable, plural escapisms)

1. An inclination to escape from routine or reality into fantasy.
   • 2025 July 7, Sadiba Hasan, quoting Danielle J. Lindemann, “Why Is Everyone Watching ‘Love Island USA’?”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     “If you look at literature on why people watch reality TV, that’s one of the main reasons: escapism,” said Danielle J. Lindemann, the author of “True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us.”

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2. A genre of book, film etc. that one uses to indulge this tendency.
3. The performance of an escape artist.

• escapist
• escapology
• escapistic

• → German: Eskapismus
• → Russian: эскапи́зм (eskapízm)

• displacement activity
• (more broadly) distraction, diversion

• Messapic, Campises, mispaces, misspace

Borrowed from English escapism.

escapism n (plural escapisme)

1. escapism