escapist
adjective
uk/ɪˈskeɪ.pɪst/us/ɪˈskeɪ.pɪst/relatingtoavoidinganunpleasantorboringlifebythinking,reading, etc., about something moreexcitingorfun,especiallysomething that could not reallyhappen:
escapistliterature
Themovieismeantto be escapist.
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escapism
- Theycreatedafun,futuristicvideothat’senjoyableand escapist.
- Thebookis an escapistfantasy, not ahistory.
- Many of theshowson TVshowsare escapist.
- I justwanttoreadsomethingeasyand escapist.
Unreal things and unreality
- birther
- cloud cuckoo land
- delusion
- delusional
- dummy
- falsity
- fantasy
- fictionalization
- figment
- flight of fancyidiom
- make believephrase
- never-never land
- non-fact
- non-factual
- parallel universe
- pie
- pie in the skyidiom
- unreality
- untruth
- Wayback Machine