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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 realities
Familiarity information: ESCAPE MECHANISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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