A mental process which enables a person to avoid acknowledging unpleasant or threatening aspects of reality.
〔心理〕逃避机制
some use drugs as an escape mechanism while incarcerated
Example sentencesExamples
For instance, recent research has suggested that different people gamble for different reasons, with some gambling to gain something while others gamble as an escape mechanism.
This raises questions about the relationship between the intensity of the escape mechanism and the level of stress faced by these participants.
Hope suddenly seems pragmatic and realistic, while despair can be seen a naïve escape mechanism, which is what it is.
He said he had never been comfortable in his own skin and used drink as an escape mechanism to become someone he wasn't.
Although Jones's desire to ‘lose’ himself with Ella Mae is ostensibly a desire to use sex as a temporary escape mechanism, his yearning to change places with the child reveals his need to be nurtured and protected by the black matriarch.
Definition of escape mechanism in US English:
escape mechanism
noun
Psychology
A mental process such as daydreaming that enables a person to avoid acknowledging unpleasant or threatening aspects of reality.
〔心理〕逃避机制
some use drugs as an escape mechanism while incarcerated
Example sentencesExamples
For instance, recent research has suggested that different people gamble for different reasons, with some gambling to gain something while others gamble as an escape mechanism.
This raises questions about the relationship between the intensity of the escape mechanism and the level of stress faced by these participants.
He said he had never been comfortable in his own skin and used drink as an escape mechanism to become someone he wasn't.
Although Jones's desire to ‘lose’ himself with Ella Mae is ostensibly a desire to use sex as a temporary escape mechanism, his yearning to change places with the child reveals his need to be nurtured and protected by the black matriarch.
Hope suddenly seems pragmatic and realistic, while despair can be seen a naïve escape mechanism, which is what it is.