Definition of Escape mechanism

1. Noun. A form of behavior that evades unpleasant realities.

Generic synonyms: Dodging, Escape, Evasion

Lexicographical Neighbors of Escape Mechanism

escape artist
escape artists
escape beat
escape character
escape characters
escape clause
escape cock
escape conditioning
escape contraction
escape expert
escape from
escape hatch
escape impulse
escape interval
escape literature
escape mechanism (current term)
escape phenomenon
escape pod
escape pods
escape reaction
escape rhythm
escape sequence
escape sequences
escape tone
escape tones
escape training
escape valve
escape velocities
escape velocity
escape ventricular contraction

Literary usage of Escape mechanism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Agriculture in the Gatt: An Analysis of Alternative Approaches to Reform by Joachim Zietz, Alberto Valdés (1988)
"One reason for this is the existence of another very popular escape mechanism in agriculture, state trading (see Article XVII). Examples of state trading ..."

2. The United Nations System: The Policies of Member States by Chadwick F. Alger, Gene Martin Lyons, John E. Trent (1995)
"In general, abstention was an escape mechanism to avoid taking stands in controversial East-West issues. Most of the Nigerian abstention votes were cast on ..."

3. Remaking the Argentine Economy by Felipe A. M. de la Balze (1995)
"Those without substantial savings did not enjoy an equivalent escape mechanism. Although real wages during the 1980s declined significantly, total household ..."

4. From Red Tape to Results: Creating a Government That Works Better and Costs Less by Al Gore (1994)
"This escape mechanism can't be employed today because back taxes are, under bankruptcy law, a "non-dischargeable" debt—that is, they are a debt that remains ..."

5. Genes in the Field: On-Farm Conservation of Crop Diversity by Stephen B. Brush (2000)
"The highest yield of Syrian landraces under stress is not due to an escape mechanism, as they are the latest group in heading, and therefore could be a ..."

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