Definitions for escapism

escapism es·cap·ism

Spelling: [ih-skey-piz-uh m]
IPA: /ɪˈskeɪ pɪz əm/

Escapism is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 355 anagrams from letters in escapism (aceimpss).

Definitions for escapism

noun

  1. the avoidance of reality by absorption of the mind in entertainment or in an imaginative situation, activity, etc.

Origin of escapism

First recorded in 1930-35; escape + -ism

Examples for escapism

Not only is it the finest form of escapism yet invented by humans—even including laser tag, opiates and Temptation Island!

If "escapism" be a need of man, cramped in his narrow personality, can any escape compare with the majesty of omnipresence?

If nothing else, that clarity makes sports a healthy form of escapism.

They are escapism embodied, a dreamland, a scape of fantasy, the vale of telenovellas.

Maybe, somewhere in our current favorite object of escapism, there is an obscure hunger to confront these hard facts.

Word Value for escapism
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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