escapisme
\ɛs.ka.pism\
The verdict
“escapisme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Attitude qui consiste à se retirer du monde et de la vie civique, par fuite ou désabusement, par opposition à la prise de parole ou à l’action individuelle ou sociale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-escapisme · escapisme · French
escapisme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | escapisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛs.ka.pism\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
escapisme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛs.ka.pism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for escapisme in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is escapisme, spelled E-S-C-A-P-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Attitude qui consiste à se retirer du monde et de la vie civique, par fuite ou désabusement, par opposition à la prise de parole ou à l’action individuelle ou sociale.
- 2Évasion de la réalité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how escapisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tous les morticoles du ciboulot font bloc autour de leur petit patient qui n’en peut mais : il souffre d’escapisme aigu, cette drôle d’attitude qui consiste à se retirer lentement du monde et de toute vie civique, par fuite, par désabusement, en opposition à la prise de décision publique et à toute action individuelle ou sociale.
Du coup, du fait de la répétitivité de ces violences une forme d’indifférence ou d’escapisme s’était installée.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.