ESCAPISM


Meaning of ESCAPISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪskeɪpɪzəm ]

If you describe an activity or type of entertainment as escapism , you mean that it makes people think about pleasant things instead of the uninteresting or unpleasant aspects of their life.

Horoscopes are merely harmless escapism from an ever-bleaker world.

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