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escapist

[ UK /ɛskˈe‍ɪpɪst/ ]
NOUN
  1. a person who escapes into a world of fantasy

How To Use escapist In A Sentence

  • What makes the Jack Flash sequences arguably escapist is not just their gaucheness but the vicarious thrill of his anti-establishment rebellion. Essay Rant Thingy
  • Even hard core escapists are bound to be defeated by the generic tough-guy twaddle and the impersonal action sequences.
  • … the Amazing Larri, ‘a prestidigitator, an escapist extraordinaire, and the greatest living exposeur.’
  • The great escapist simply banged the darbies on the pillar and walked off.
  • The actors speak directly to the audience, who are meant to realize they are watching a play, reacting thoughtfully instead of seeking emotional identification and escapist entertainment.
  • The style is barefoot sophistication and ideal for honeymooners, escapists and divers, with an excellent dive school and some of the best underwater scenery in the Caribbean just offshore.
  • The criticism traditionally heaped upon science fiction and fantasy - that they are infantile and escapist genres - has always been fairly risible.
  • And six new centres are planned to be built before 2012 - Wilkinson Eyre's tree house, which goes on site in Oxford next year, is my favourite: leafily escapist. The Guardian World News
  • The film is a difficult sell with too much action blockbuster for heady purists, too much intelligence for popcorn escapists.
  • The dramas have won thousands of devotees in Afghanistan who enjoy the escapist world of the fictional Bombay rich. Times, Sunday Times
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