Definition of Dramatization

1. Noun. Conversion into dramatic form. "The play was a dramatization of a short story"

Exact synonyms: Dramatisation
Generic synonyms: Authorship, Composition, Penning, Writing
Derivative terms: Dramatize

2. Noun. A dramatic representation.
Exact synonyms: Dramatisation
Generic synonyms: Representation
Specialized synonyms: Guerrilla Theater, Street Theater, Puppetry
Derivative terms: Dramatise, Dramatise, Dramatize, Dramatize

Definition of Dramatization

1. n. Act of dramatizing.

Definition of Dramatization

1. Noun. The act of dramatizing. ¹

2. Noun. A version that has been dramatized. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dramatization

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dramatization

dramatic work
dramatical
dramatically
dramatick
dramatics
dramatis personae
dramatisation
dramatisations
dramatise
dramatised
dramatises
dramatising
dramatist
dramatists
dramatizable
dramatization
dramatizations
dramatize
dramatized
dramatizes
dramatizing
dramatological
dramatologically
dramatology
dramaturg
dramaturge
dramaturges
dramaturgic
dramaturgical
dramaturgically

Literary usage of Dramatization

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

1. Essential Principles of Teaching Reading and Literature in the Intermediate by Sterling Andrus Leonard (1922)
"Dramatization that is real and valuable must be in every case the children's ... In particular, where a class are planning to give a dramatization for the ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law of Property in Intellectual Productions in Great by Eaton Sylvester Drone (1879)
"As the dramatization of a work of fiction is a proper subject of playright, it is clearly no objection in law to the originality of a drama that its ..."

3. The Teaching of Geography: Emphasizing the Project, Or Active, Method by Mendel Everett Branom, Frederick Kenneth Branom (1921)
"Dramatization as a means of teaching geography is of moderate importance, ... Dramatization in geography may go a step further, and the pupils themselves ..."

4. The Psychology of Childhood by Naomi Norsworthy, Mary Theodora Whitley (1918)
"Dramatization. — Two other topics connected with the imagination have ... dramatization and symbolism. Dramatization is the working out by the child of his ..."

5. The School as a Social Institution: An Introduction to the Study of Social by Charles Leonidas Robbins (1918)
"Dramatization. A form of cooperation which has grown into high favor, especially in the kindergarten and lower grades, is dramatization. ..."

6. Public School Methods (1921)
"(a) Dramatization. Dramatization is of great value in the teaching of reading and language, ... Dramatization is based upon sound pedagogical principles. ..."

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