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• n  a person who escapes into a world of fantasy

• The Sims may be the most popular PC game of all time, but there are plenty of players who don't find it escapist enough.
• Aliens never forgets that its basic business is escapist, provided, of course, that your idea of escape is to give yourself over to a 2-hr.
• Maybe I'm just taking a basically sexy, escapist show too seriously.

• dreamer
• wishful thinker

News & Articles

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• Tragedy and teenage secrets set in Nantucket community
  When it comes to great summer beach reads, many women turn to the guilty pleasure of Elin Hilderbrand’s escapist fare.        
  June 16, 2013 - Boston Globe

Quotes

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• Garth Ancier in Washington Post
  In contrast, American viewers "love escapist, uplifting products," Ancier said _ although he notes that a number of US-born shows, "Ugly Betty" and "House" among them, are popular abroad.
• Teresa Roncon in Orleans Star
  Earlier Saturday, Roncon said: "I think that there's a lot of doom and gloom out there right now, we're right smack dab in the middle of February and people just are looking for something escapist."
• Stephen Moyer in USA Today
  This is classic, escapist fun,says Stephen Moyer, who co-stars as the 173-year-old Bill. "You can read it on so many levels. It can be an hour of escapist drama. You also can watch it for comedy, suspense, as a thriller, as a horror. It's...