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What (who) is escapologist - definition
PRACTICE OF ESCAPING FROM RESTRAINTS
Escapologist; Escape artist; Escape Artist; Unescapable; Escape act; Escape trick; List of escape artists
escapologist
(escapologists)
An escapologist is someone who entertains audiences by being tied up and placed in a dangerous situation, then escaping from it. (BRIT; in AM, use escape artist
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escapologist
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¦ noun an entertainer who specializes in breaking free from ropes, handcuffs, and chains.
Derivatives
escapology noun
New Escapologist
UK-BASED LIFESTYLE PUBLICATION
New Escapologist was a UK-based lifestyle magazine between 2007 and 2017, now continued online as subscription essays. The magazine and the current essay series take the stance that work has too central a position in western life and that work, consumption and pursuit of social status too often take precedence over happiness, liberty, and unstructured leisure.
Wikipedia
Escapology
Escapology is the practice of escaping from restraints or other traps. Escapologists (also classified as escape artists) escape from handcuffs, straitjackets, cages, coffins, steel boxes, barrels, bags, burning buildings, fish-tanks, and other perils, often in combination.
Examples of use of escapologist
1. His boyhood hero was legendary escapologist Harry Houdini.
2. Houdini had already made a name for himself as an escapologist, but he wanted more.
3. The late Faiz Ahmed Faiz‘s revolutionary verses read like an ode to Malik‘s history as a serial escapologist.
4. Catherine plays deceptive psychic, Mary McGarvie in the period biopic of the life of escapologist Harry Houdini, who is played by Australian actor Guy Pearce.
5. She stars alongside former Neighbours actor turned Hollywood star Guy Pearce, who plays Hungarian born Houdini, widely regarded as the greatest ever escapologist.