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escapist

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

Adjective

escapist (comparative more escapist, superlative most escapist)

  1. 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.2025 May 14, Nicholas Barber, “'A miserable, apocalyptic tract': Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning could be 'the feel-bad film of the summer”, in BBC

Noun

escapist (plural escapists)

  1. Someone who wants to escape; especially from reality

escapist meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Punjabi

escapist in Tamil

தப்பிக்கும் போக்குடையவன்

escapist in Urdu

فراریت پسند

escapist in Kannada

ಪಲಾಯನವಾದಿ, ಜುಣುಗ

escapist in Punjabi

intended or tending toward escape
ਭਾਂਜਵਾਦੀ bhāñjvādī

Forms of escapist

Adjective
comparativemore escapist
superlativemost escapist
Noun
pluralescapists

Origin of escapist

From escape + -ist.

Words formed from escapist

Questions about escapist

What does escapist mean?
Escapist means intended for or tending toward escape; especially, used to avoid, deny, or forget about reality, as through fantasy.
What is escapist in Tamil?
Escapist in Tamil is தப்பிக்கும் போக்குடையவன். See Escapist meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is escapist?
Escapist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near escapist in the dictionary

  1. escaping
  2. escapingly
  3. escapings
  4. escapism
  5. escapisms
  6. escapist
  7. escapistic
  8. escapistically
  9. escapists
  10. escapological
  11. escapologies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: escapist (page history and authors); escapist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); escapist (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); escapist (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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