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ESCAPE MECHANISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does escape mechanism mean? 

ESCAPE MECHANISM (noun)
  The noun ESCAPE MECHANISM has 1 sense:

1. a form of behavior that evades unpleasant realitiesplay

  Familiarity information: ESCAPE MECHANISM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ESCAPE MECHANISM (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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