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Contexts An inclination to escape from routine or reality into fantasy The act or state of eschewing or avoiding something A genre of imaginative fiction involving magic and adventure, especially in a setting other than the real world Noun ▲ An inclination to escape from routine or reality into fantasy daydreaming dreaming fantasy illusion fancy daydreams fantasisingUK fantasizingUS reverie delusion hallucination illusions imagination mirage romance vision avoidance distraction diversion entertainment escape relaxation wool-gathering flight of fancy pipe dreams flights of fancy pipe dream wishful thinking castles in Spain castles in the air figment of the imagination pie in the sky relief pastime recreation interruption leisure activity fancies dreams reveries chimerasUS chimaerasUK delusions unreality conceit fantasms phantasms nonentities figments mirages visualizationUS fabrication fools' paradises notions daydreamings visualisationUK whim eggs in moonshine thought speculation images conception ideation bubbles vagaries make-believe desire head trips imaginativeness contrivances phantasies mind's eyes escapes dreamings muses ideality imagines ideas concepts aspiration conceptualisationsUK prospects conceptualizationsUS ideals hope conceivings wishes whimsy envisionings cloud cuckoo land caprices imaginings utopia stardust apparitions dreamscapes jam tomorrow originality self-delusion rainbows creativity self-deception inventiveness invention more ❯ “Newman's passion for abstruse matters of theology strikes Wilson as escapism or worse.” Noun ▲ The act or state of eschewing or avoiding something avoidance evasion escape elusion dodging eschewal eluding eschewing ducking shaking shunning circumvention out shirking refraining dodge evading escaping flight nonparticipation retreat cop-out run-around body swerve keeping away steering clear steering clear of skirting abstention refrainment fudging holding off sidestepping bypassing shuffling prevarication equivocation evasiveness hedging quibbling fencing cavillingUK stalling pussyfooting shilly-shallying quibble tergiversation cavilingUS stalling for time humming and hawing bypass circumventing indecision uncertainty doubt qualification ambivalence vacillation ambiguity wavering parrying temporizingUS hesitation doubtfulness shuffle equivocality temporisingUK cunning pretext deception artifice trickery subterfuge ruse bilking go-by obliqueness sophism sophistry shift jive stall equivocating routine excuse fugivity fugiviteness slip ditch lie stonewall trick stonewalling temporization vagueness getting out of fancy footwork finding a way round dodging the issue sidestepping the issue beating about the bush ducking the issue more ❯ Noun ▲ A genre of imaginative fiction involving magic and adventure, especially in a setting other than the real world fantasy fiction romance fable legend myth horror sci-fi story fairy tale science fiction fairy story folk tale sword and sorcery yarn folk story traditional story tale saga mythos lore folklore narrative mythology epic tradition Märchen mythus urban myth folk tradition oral history urban legend Marchen parable allegory apologue phantasy old saw piece of fiction old chestnut fish story legendry cover tall tale cover story account chronicle adventure history sketch anecdote reminiscence short story tall story shaggy-dog story bestiary moral tale roman-fleuve soap opera relation recital episode gag firsthand account chestnut narration long and short of it incident report novelette novella spiel prose sea story rigmarole potboiler song traveller's tale fabrication song and dance cock and bull story more ❯ Find more words! 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