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Avoidance Of Reality Crossword Clue

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noun

• an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy

40%6Avoidance of danger; flight from reality; an outlet; or, decampment
noun

• the act of escaping physically

• an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy

• nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do

• an avoidance of danger or difficulty

• a means or way of escaping

• a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild

• the discharge of a fluid from some container

• a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level

verb

• run away from confinement

• fail to experience

• escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action

• be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by

• remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion

• flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

• issue or leak, as from a small opening

25%7Avoidance by subterfuge
noun

• a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth

• the deliberate act of failing to pay money

• nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do

• the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver

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Source #Number Answer
New York Times07 Feb 2006 Across 30
The Guardian Quick13 Mar 2003 Down 1
New York Times18 Oct 1999 Down 38
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