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Escapist vs Escapism - What's the difference?

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Escapism is a related term of escapist.



As nouns the difference between escapist and escapism

is that escapist is someone who wants to escape; especially from reality while escapism is an inclination to escape from routine or reality into fantasy.

As an adjective escapist

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

escapist

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • 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.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who wants to escape; especially from reality
  • (someone wanting to escape reality) * Finnish: (trans-mid) (trans-bottom)

    See also

    * escapologist

    Anagrams

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    escapism

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia escapism)
  • An inclination to escape from routine or reality into fantasy
  • A genre of book, film etc. that one uses to indulge this tendency