Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun escape_mechanism

1 sense of escape mechanism

Sense 1
escape mechanism -- (a form of behavior that evades unpleasant realities)
       => evasion, escape, dodging -- (nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive")