Words and phrases that have a meaning related to escapism: (118 results)
Often used in the same context:
titillation, nostalgia, hedonism, catharsis, whimsy, kitsch, indulgence, schlock, boredom, mundanity, frivolity, antidote, mindlessness, saturnalia, romanticism, decadence, superficiality, nihilism, grand guignol, misanthropy, fantasies, banality, exoticism, dreariness, pleasures, joyousness, romanticization, allegory, realism, artifice, silliness, salaciousness, hyperrealism, ennui, melodrama, sadism, hyperreality, anomie, surrealism, sentimentality, consumerism, pastiche, schmaltz, festiveness, knowingness, materialism, debauchery, narcissism, exhibitionism, sappiness, sentimentalism, hokum, satire, endlessness, moroseness, neurosis, timelessness, bliss, corniness, highbrow, purposelessness, aestheticism, solipsism, boundlessness, gruesomeness, lotus eater, campy, thrills, entertainments, carnality, enchantment, cliches, schadenfreude, prurience, nowness, everydayness, subversiveness, gothic romance, solitude, pathos, raunch, eroticism, absurdism, wordsworthian, unreality, dreaminess, kinkiness, trashiness, melancholia, movieland, pulpier, disgustingness, stylization, vacuousness, crudity, longing, fantasyland, triteness, glitz, luridness, utopianism, sensationalism, fantasy, angst, snobbery, defeatism, dilettantism, primitivism, snobbishness, spontaneity, hubris, conformism, esthetic, idealization, naivety
More general:
diversion, recreation
Synonyms:
Also try:escape
— Adjectives for escapism: pure, romantic, mere, such, sheer, religious, simple, political, much, aesthetic, literary, more...
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