Meanings
comparative more escapist · superlative most escapist
- 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.
1 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna person who escapes into a world of fantasy
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 逃避现实的, 逃避现实的人
- 逃避现实的intended or tending toward escape
- 逃避现实的人someone wanting to escape reality
Finnish todellisuuspakoinen, eskapistinen
- todellisuuspakoinenintended or tending toward escape
- eskapistinenintended or tending toward escape
- eskapistisomeone wanting to escape reality
Punjabi ਭਾਂਜਵਾਦੀ
- ਭਾਂਜਵਾਦੀ (bhāñjvādī)intended or tending toward escape
Cite this entry
escapist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escapist
“escapist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escapist. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “escapist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/escapist.
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