Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Indulging in or characterized by escapism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Intended for or tending toward
escape ; especially, used toavoid ,deny , orforget aboutreality , as throughfantasy . - noun Someone who wants to
escape ; especially fromreality
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who escapes into a world of fantasy
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Examples
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I use the term escapist advisedly, since it doesn't do justice to the past, any more than it hints at what present-day moviegoers might come to embrace.
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I have heard it suggested that in "escapist" or "speculative" fiction that history doesn't matter -- you're writing wacky crap anyway.
Holy crap. This writing thing is all hard and stuff. duchess_webb 2004
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What makes the Jack Flash sequences arguably escapist is not just their gaucheness but the vicarious thrill of his anti-establishment rebellion.
Essay Rant Thingy Hal Duncan 2009
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The dismissal of fairy tales, myths and fantastic fiction as "sentimental" or "merely escapist" is nothing new.
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Sometimes, it's just plain escapist fiction, fun for the writer to write and the reader to read.
February 2008 2008
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Sometimes, it's just plain escapist fiction, fun for the writer to write and the reader to read.
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Don't mention the escapists visiting Warcry code, as you will have to say the word escapist and thus break rule number 1. 3.
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Don't mention the escapists visiting Warcry code, as you will have to say the word escapist and thus break rule number 1. 3.
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Don't mention the escapists visiting Warcry code, as you will have to say the word escapist and thus break rule number 1. 3.
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Don't mention the escapists visiting Warcry code, as you will have to say the word escapist and thus break rule number 1. 3.
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