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escapist::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dreamer, wishful thinker |
| Type of | daydreamer, woolgatherer |
| Derivation | escape, escapism |
Examples of escapist
escapist
Do you get defensive when people talk about your work as escapist entertainment?
From the time.com
The creative, escapist, storybook world of personality disorder can be alluring.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
Though still escapist fun, the film complemented that new attitude exquisitely.
From the ocregister.com
Even escapist films offered scant chance of escape from the sour national mood.
From the time.com
The latter can't be called escapist journalism because there is no escaping it.
From the usatoday.com
The 30's were kind of wild, with a sense of foreboding, and very much escapist.
From the entertainment.time.com
The real-life horror of one vastly overwhelms the escapist pageantry of the other.
From the usatoday.com
There are those whose fascination with the book went beyond escapist pleasure.
From the telegraph.co.uk
As a child, I was drawn to the works of the great escapist children's writers.
From the theatlantic.com
- A person who escapes into a world of fantasy
- (escapism) escape: an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy; "romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life"; "his alcohol problem was a form of escapism"
- The Escapist is a metafictional character, a comic book hero in the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by Michael Chabon, created as an homage to the heroes of the period known to fans and historians as the Golden Age of Comic Books; the character's abilities ...
- Dark Passion Play is the sixth studio album by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released on September 26, 2007 in Finland, September 28 in Europe and October 2, 2007 in the United States. ...
- The Escapist is a 2001 film directed by Gillies MacKinnon and written by Nick Perry.
- The Escapist is a prison break film starring Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Liam Cunningham, Seu Jorge, Dominic Cooper, Steven Mackintosh, Stephen Farrelly and Damian Lewis. It is directed and co-written by Rupert Wyatt, and premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival to considerable acclaim. ...
- The Escapist (typeset as the escapist) is an online magazine covering video games, gamers, the gaming industry, and gaming culture. Published by the Themis Group, it was edited by Julianne Greer up to June 30, 2009, and has since been edited by Russ Pitts. ...
- The Escapist is a web resource site that advocates and supports role-playing games (RPGs) as a social and educational activity, and works to educate the public on the true nature of gaming and dispel myths and misunderstandings about the hobby. ...
- Escapism is mental diversion by means of entertainment or recreation, as an "escape" from the perceived unpleasant or banal aspects of daily life. It can also be used as a term to define the actions people take to help relieve persisting feelings of depression or general sadness.
