escapism

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An inclination to escape from routine or reality into fantasy. countable,uncountable
    — “If you look at literature on why people watch reality TV, that’s one of the main reasons: escapism,” said Danielle J. Lindemann, the author of “True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us.”
  2. A genre of book, film etc. that one uses to indulge this tendency. countable,uncountable
  3. The performance of an escape artist. countable,uncountable

词形变化

escapisms plural

词源

Etymology tree
English escape
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *-mós
Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der.
English -ism
English escapism
From escape + -ism.
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