escapism

About 0.26 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An inclination to escape from routine or reality into fantasy.
2. noun A genre of book, film etc. that one uses to indulge this tendency.
3. noun The performance of an escape artist.

Similar words

escape restitutive fantasy romance fantasization immersion fantasy world intrusion fantasy fantasy phantasy imagination

Often followed by

and of in from is or that to for

Word family

escapisms escapist escapists