Escapism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The tendency to escape from daily reality or routine by indulging in daydreaming, fantasy, or entertainment.
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  • n. An inclination to escape from routine or reality into fantasy
  • n. A genre of book, film etc. that one uses to indulge this tendency
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    diversion    recreation   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    self-understanding    accessing    branchiæ    suffragist    cytotoxicity   
     
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