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Definition of Fictionalize

1. Verb. Make into fiction. "The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel"

2. Verb. Convert into the form or the style of a novel. "The author novelized the historical event"

Definition of Fictionalize

1. Verb. To retell something real as if it were fiction, especially by fabricating falsehoods ¹

2. Verb. To convert something into a novel or other dramatic work ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fictionalize

1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fictionalize

fictionalisation fictionalise fictionalised fictionaliser fictionalisers fictionalises fictionalising fictionalism fictionalisms fictionalist

fictionalists fictionalities fictionality fictionalization fictionalizations fictionalize (current term) fictionalized fictionalizer fictionalizers fictionalizes

fictionalizing fictionally fictionary fictioneer fictioneering fictioneerings fictioneers fictionise fictionised fictionises

Literary usage of Fictionalize

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

1. He Usually Lived with a Female: The Life of a California Newspaperman by George Garrigues (2006)
"... Rena's story and fictionalize it. It's really too good for the movies. However, that suggests another possibility. It seems that this clash of the girls ..."

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