escapism

English

Etymology

escape +‎ -ism

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈskeɪpɪzəm/

Noun

escapism (countable and uncountable, plural escapisms)

1. An inclination to escape from routine or reality into fantasy.
2. A genre of book, film etc. that one uses to indulge this tendency.
3. The performance of an escape artist.

Related terms

• escapist
• escapology
• escapistic

Translations

inclination to escape

• Bulgarian: ескапизъм m (eskapizǎm)
• Catalan: escapisme m
• Danish: eskapisme
• Finnish: todellisuuspakoisuus (fi), eskapismi (fi)
• French: escapisme (fr)
• German: Eskapismus (de) m, Wirklichkeitsflucht (de) f, Realitätsflucht (de) f, Entfliehung aus dem Alltag f, Flucht aus der Wirklichkeit f
• Hungarian: eszképizmus (hu), menekülés a nyomasztó valóság elől
• Japanese: 現実逃避 (ja) (げんじつ とうひ, genjitsu tōhi)
• Macedonian: ескепизам m (eskepizam)
• Maltese: Eskejpizmu
• Occitan: escapisme m
• Polish: eskapizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: escapismo (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਭਾਂਜਵਾਦ m (bhāñjvād)
• Russian: эскапизм (ru) m (eskapizm)
• Serbo-Croatian: eskapizam (sh) m
• Spanish: escapismo (es) m
• Swedish: eskapism (sv)
• Turkish: gerçeklerden kaçma
• Ukrainian: ескапізм m (eskapizm)

genre

• Finnish: eskapismi (fi)

See also

• displacement activity
• (more broadly) distraction, diversion

Anagrams

• Messapic, Campises, mispaces, misspace

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English escapism.

Noun

escapism n (plural escapisme)

1. escapism

Declension

Declension of escapism

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) escapism	escapismul	(niște) escapisme	escapismele
genitive/dative	(unui) escapism	escapismului	(unor) escapisme	escapismelor
vocative	escapismule		escapismelor