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fictionalize Definition

fic·tion·al·ize (fiks̸hə 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

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  4. FICON
  5. fickle
  6. fichu
  7. Fichte
  8. fiche
  9. -fication
  10. FICA
  1. fictitious
  2. fictive
  3. ficus
  4. fid
  5. -fid
  6. fiddle
  7. fiddle-faddle
  8. fiddle with
  9. fiddledeedee
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