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escapism definition

es·cap·ism (e skāp′iz′əm, i-)

noun

  1. a tendency to escape from reality, the responsibilities and routine of real life, etc., esp. by unrealistic imaginative activity
  2. behavior characterized by this tendency

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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