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单词 escapism
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escapism

Perfect escapism from our grey wintry skies.Both offer complete escapism and great exercise facilities.But this is pure escapism and very funny.Mum will enjoy a little escapism.It was simply the purest escapism.Reading for pleasure expands knowledge, provides escapism and enhances imagination.Perhaps it is also harmless escapism you don't have to take too seriously.More than just pulp fiction, they offer escape and escapism.As the singer dreams of escaping his normal life, the listener is provided with perfect escapism.Bond offers escapism, but of a serious sort. Pure frothy escapism, but the two stars make the most of a goofy script.It's pure escapism and we love it.For those looking for some pure feelgood escapism, this is the perfect experience.The result is perfect escapism.One view is that, during economic gloom, the arts offer escapism.That's the thing with console games: they offer perfect escapism.It's pure escapism and artistically you're very free.For pure escapism The company's future was hanging in the balance.Though all concerned are astonished at its success, they put it down to pure, unashamed escapism.Part of the story is that, for most of us, the annual holiday is pure escapism.It let him, crucially, retain a sense of childlike wonder and a love of fantasy and escapism.He lives on site, with his wife and three daughters, and admits he finds little time for escapism.

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escapism

British English: escapism NOUN
If you describe an activity as escapism, you mean that it makes people think about pleasant things instead of the uninteresting or unpleasant aspects of their life.
Horoscopes are merely harmless escapism.
  • American English: escapism
  • Brazilian Portuguese: escapismo
  • Chinese: 让人逃避现实的消遣方式
  • European Spanish: escapismo
  • French: évasion
  • German: Wirklichkeitsflucht
  • Italian: evasionedalla realtà
  • Japanese: 現実逃避
  • Korean: 현실 도피
  • European Portuguese: escapismo
  • Latin American Spanish: escapismo

(noun) 
Definition
an inclination to retreat from unpleasant reality, for example through fantasy
Romantic films are merely harmless escapism from a bleak world.
Synonyms
fantasy
dreaming
illusion
The rapid changes of lighting created an illusion of movement.
delusion
I was under the delusion that he intended to marry me.
vision
I have a vision of a society free of exploitation and injustice.
fancy
His book is a bold surrealist mixture of fact and fancy.
mirage
Through my half-closed eyelids I began to see mirages.
hallucination
Perhaps the footprint was a hallucination.
daydreaming
reverie
flight of fancy
pipe dream
The plan is nothing more than a pipe dream.
figment of the imagination

Additional synonyms

in the sense of delusion
Definition
a mistaken idea or belief
I was under the delusion that he intended to marry me.
Synonyms
misconception,
mistaken idea,
misapprehension,
fancy,
illusion,
deception,
hallucination,
fallacy,
self-deception,
false impression,
phantasm,
misbelief
in the sense of fancy
His book is a bold surrealist mixture of fact and fancy.
Synonyms
delusion,
dream,
vision,
fantasy,
nightmare,
daydream,
chimera,
phantasm
in the sense of hallucination
Definition
the experience of seeming to see something that is not really there
Perhaps the footprint was a hallucination.
Synonyms
illusion,
dream,
vision,
fantasy,
delusion,
mirage,
apparition,
smoke and mirrors,
phantasmagoria,
figment of the imagination

Nearby words of
escapism

  • escapade
  • escape
  • escapee
  • escapism
  • eschew
  • escort
  • esculent

Synonyms of 'escapism'

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