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Definition: Escapism |
EscapismNoun1. An inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy; "he escaped into romantic novels"; "his alcohol problem was a form of escapism". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "escapism" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references) |
Synonym: EscapismSynonym: escape (n). (additional references) |
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| "Escapism" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Escapism" is used about 65 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 65 | 41,645 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
escapism | 16 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "escapism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ikje nga realiteti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | التهريبة تهرب من الواقع. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | ескейпизъм (escape), бягство от действителността (escape, ivory tower). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 逃避现实. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | eskapismus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | فرارازواقعیات , خودداری ازشرکت درکارهای سیاسی , انزوای سیاسی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | désir de l'évasion de la réalité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | wirklichkeitsflucht. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | בריח" מ"מציאות. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | légvárépítés, eszképizmus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | evasione dalla realt (derealization, escape from reality), escapismo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | conrieughid aigney. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | escapismay saída (blow off, canal, delivery, departure, door, drop off, dropout, efflux, egression, escape, exhaust, exit, exogamy, jet, jet stream, leave, out, outfit, out-jockey, outlet, output, output data, output process, outturn, Sally, shift-out, sortie, terminal, thrust, turn out, way out). (various references) tendinţã de evadare, fugã de realitate. (various references) эскапизм. (various references) bekstvo od stvarnosti. (various references) evasión (avoidance, dodge, escapade, escape, evasion, flight, prison breaking, tax avoidance). (various references) eskapism, verklighetsflykt. (various references) gerçeklerden kaçma. (various references) ескапизм. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "escapism": escapisms. (additional references) | |
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"Escapism" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Scaphium. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "escapism" (pronounced uskā"pi'zum) |
| 5 | -p i' z u m | geotropism. |
| 4 | -i' z u m | abolitionism, absenteeism, absolutism, activism, adventurism, agrarianism, alcoholism, altruism, amateurism, anachronism, aneurism, animism, antagonism, aphorism, astigmatism, atavism, atheism, authoritarianism, autism, baptism, barbarism, bilingualism, bolshevism, boosterism, botulism, cannibalism, capitalism, catechism, centralism, chauvinism, classicism, collectivism, colonialism, commercialism, communism, conservatism, consumerism, corporatism, counterterrorism, creationism, criticism, cronyism, cubism, cynicism, dandyism, defeatism, deism, despotism, determinism, diamagnetism, diastrophism, dimorphism, dogmatism, Druidism, dualism, dwarfism, dynamism, egalitarianism, egoism, egotism, electromagnetism, elitism, embolism, emotionalism, empiricism, entrepreneurialism, environmentalism, ergotism, eroticism, ethnocentrism, euphemism, evangelism, expansionism, expressionism, extremism, factionalism, fanaticism, fascism, fatalism, favoritism, federalism, feminism, ferromagnetism, fetishism, feudalism, formalism, fundamentalism, futurism, gnosticism, gradualism, hedonism, helotism, heroism, hooliganism, humanism, hypnotism, idealism, illusionism, imperialism, impressionism, incrementalism, individualism, intellectualism, internationalism, interventionism, Irredentism, isolationism, isomorphism, jingoism, journalism, leftism, legalism, lesbianism, liberalism, lyricism, magnetism, mannerism, masochism, materialism, mechanism, mercantilism, mesmerism, metabolism, methodism, microorganism, militarism, minimalism, modernism, monasticism, monetarism, monism, monotheism, moralism, multiculturalism, multilateralism, mutualism, mysticism, narcissism, nationalism, nativism, naturalism, negativism, nepotism, neutralism, nihilism, obstructionism, opportunism, optimism, organism, ostracism, overoptimism, pacifism, paganism, parallelism, parkinsonism, parochialism, pastoralism, paternalism, patriotism, perfectionism, pessimism, pharisaism, pietism, plagiarism, pluralism, polymorphism, polytheism, populism, positivism, pragmatism, professionalism, protectionism, provincialism, puritanism, racialism, racism, radicalism, realism, recidivism, relativism, republicanism, revisionism, rheumatism, romanticism, sadism, satanism, sectarianism, secularism, sensationalism, separatism, sexism, skepticism, socialism, statism, stoicism, supernaturalism, surrealism, symbolism, synergism, territorialism, terrorism, theism, tokenism, totalitarianism, tourism, truism, unionism, vandalism, vegetarianism, vigilantism, voluntarism, volunteerism, voyeurism. |
| 3 | -z u m | bosom, careerism, chasm, cytoplasm, enthusiasm, iconoclasm, ism, microcosm, neoplasm, orgasm, phantasm, prism, sarcasm, schism, spasm. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: misspace, scampies. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-m-p-s-s" | |
-1 letter: camises, impasse. | |
-2 letters: amices, apices, aspics, camise, passim, saices, scampi, scamps, scapes, sepias, spaces, spicae, spicas, spices. | |
-3 letters: acmes, amice, amies, amiss, apses, apsis, aspic, aspis, cames, campi, camps, capes, cases, epics, maces, masse, mesas, mesic, micas, mises, paces, paise, pases, passe, picas, pimas, saice, samps, scamp, scams, scape, seams, seism, semis, sepia. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-m-p-s-s" | |
+1 letter: campiness, campsites, escapisms, midspaces, misplaces, misspaced, misspaces, parecisms. | |
+2 letters: campesinos, eclampsias, mispatches, specialism. | |
+3 letters: campinesses, esemplastic, impuissance, metaphysics, mispackages, septicemias, specialisms, spermacetis, supremacies, supremacist. | |
+4 letters: accomplishes, atmospherics, comradeships, encompassing, impuissances, masterpieces, scapegoatism, scopolamines, scyphistomae, supremacists, sympathetics. | |
+5 letters: accomplishers, compassionate, compensations, complaisances, compressional, cosmographies, displacements, epicureanisms, microcapsules, misplacements, neoplasticism, preeclampsias, scapegoatisms, seismographic, semiparasitic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 73 63 61 70 69 73 6D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). ... -.-. .- .--. .. ... -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01110011 01100011 01100001 01110000 01101001 01110011 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E s c a p i s m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0073 0063 0061 0070 0069 0073 006D |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3985696782758579 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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