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单词 escapism
释义 es·ca·pism
\ə̇ˈskāˌpizəm, eˈ-\ noun
(-s)
1. : diversion of the mind to purely imaginative activity or entertainment to escape from reality or routine; especially : habitual diversion of this kind
 < stigmatized a taste for her books as escapism of the worst variety, headlong flight into vapid unreality — Times Literary Supplement >
 < the monotony of big-city life and the boredom of an overregulated existence create a desire for escapism, which is the essence of romanticism — Robert Pick >
2. : an evasion of unpleasant fact or of reality especially by compensation
 < it's the old escapism through mockery … a hurt pride looking for scapegoats — Ramon Lavalle >
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