a means of finding relief and distraction from unpleasant, boring realities or routine through entertainment and imagination that makes you forget about it
His adventure movies are pure escapism.
Many people have turned to video games as a form of escapism during the Coronavirus pandemic.
a feeling of wistful affection and yearning for a return to a happy time or place in the past
Now that I’m working and have a lot of responsibilities I’m often filled with nostalgia for my college days.
The movie, following a rock and roll band, definitely evokes nostalgia for the 1960s.
a recurring and recognizable element, convention or theme of a specific art form
The author claims her novel is original but it contains all the usual horror tropes.
The movie starts with the classic fairy tale trope of ‘once upon a time…’