docudrama

[ dok-yuh-drah-muh, -dram-uh ]

noun

, Television.

1. a fictionalized drama based primarily on actual events.

docudrama

/ ˈdɒkjʊˌdrɑːmə /

noun

1. a film or television programme based on true events, presented in a dramatized form

Other Words From

• doc·u·dram·a·tist [dok, -y, uh, -dram-, uh, -tist, -drah-m, uh, -], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of docudrama¹

First recorded in 1960–65; docu(mentary) + drama

Example Sentences

Over the phone, she tells me how NYC Prep was sold to her and her similarly privileged peers as a docudrama.

From The Daily Beast

Perhaps because it has been covered so exhaustively, even the 9/11 chapter seems like a docudrama we've already watched.

From The Daily Beast

Sarah Palin and reality-TV titan Mark Burnett are about to collaborate on a “docudrama” about Alaska?

From The Daily Beast

Related Words

• broadcast
• feature
• film
• narrative