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fictionalize Definition

fic·tion·al·ize (fik′s̸hə nəl īz′)

transitive verb -·ized′, -·iz′·ing

to deal with (historical events, a person's life, etc.) in fictional form, as in a narrative that includes imaginary events, characters, dialogue, etc.

fictionalize Related Forms
fic′·tion·ali·za′·tion noun
fictionalize Usage Examples

Object

  • account: Whitley Streiber had openly written Majestic as a fictionalized account of a possible event, but Cooper apparently sees it as factual.
  • version: The movie, Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a fictionalized version of the actual events.
  • autobiography: The book is basically a fictionalized autobiography of his early years, with the names changed.

Modifying Another Word

  • heavily: In typical Hollywood style, it has been heavily fictionalized.

Browse dictionary entries near fictionalize

  1. ‹ fiction
  2. ‹ fictile
  3. ‹ fict
  4. ‹ FICON
  5. ‹ fickle
  6. ‹ fichu
  7. ‹ Fichte
  8. ‹ fiche
  9. ‹ -fication
  10. ‹ FICA
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