ESCAPE MECHANISM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A form of behavior that evades unpleasant realities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("escape mechanism" is a kind of...):

dodging; escape; evasion (nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do)

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