ESCAPIST Definition & Meaning

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escapist

[ih-skey-pist]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

a person who avoids reality by becoming absorbed in entertainment or fantasy.
I, for one, am an escapist, so pondering whether an anime series is "looking out into the world" isn't something I concern myself with.
a person who tries or manages to get out of captivity; an escape artist or escapee.
In 1864, the celebrated prison escapist Hamilton tunneled his way to freedom with 60 other captured Union officers.

avoiding reality through entertainment or fantasy, or enabling people to do so.
His childhood taste for cowboy adventures and escapist films like Tarzan gave way to an admiration for realist European directors.

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Enjoy the escapist refreshment, is what she's saying.

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Keyworth, from Aberystwyth, thinks plenty of people can relate to using escapist TV to cope with tough times - as her character did with Caesar.

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From there it’s an escapist date of air hockey, carnival rides and, once they settle in a fancy hotel room, the sharing of a sensitive new song.

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What the app offered, however, was escapist materials built around turning off reflection, instead of encouraging it.

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