escapism

Meaning

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

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪˈskeɪpɪzəm/
Etymology

From escape + -ism.

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