escapist

adj 1noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

novel, opposite, political

VERB + ESCAPIST

enjoys, made, reading

ESCAPIST + NOUN

american, blockbuster, fiction, literature, thriller

PREP.

Definitions

adj

Intended for or tending toward escape; especially, used to avoid, deny, or forget about reality, as through fantasy.

He enjoys reading escapist fiction in his free time.

The opposite of an escapist blockbuster, the eighth and apparently final outing for Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt is the doomiest and gloomiest yet in the action-adventure franchise.

noun

Someone who wants to escape; especially from reality

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a person who escapes into a world of fantasy

dreamer

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

He enjoys reading escapist fiction in his free time.

Wiktionary

The opposite of an escapist blockbuster, the eighth and apparently final outing for Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt is the doomiest and gloomiest yet in the action-adventure franchise.

Wiktionary

From the coffee table photo book to the bathroom factoid anthology to the bedside escapist novel, American literature is designed to match the furniture.

Tatoeba · #715531

We made an escapist political thriller that we wanted to imbue with humanity and realism.

Tatoeba · #11923732

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