docudrama

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

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noun Television.

a fictionalized drama based primarily on actual events.

Origin of docudrama

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

Related formsdoc·u·dram·a·tist

[dok-yuh-dram-uh-tist, -drah-muh-] /ˈdɒk yəˌdræm ə tɪst, -ˌdrɑ mə-/, noun

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Related Words for docudrama

documentary, broadcast, feature, film, narrative, information, account, docudrama, docutainment, infotainment

Examples from the Web for docudrama

Contemporary Examples of docudrama

Over the phone, she tells me how NYC Prep was sold to her and her similarly privileged peers as a docudrama.
The Surreal Genius of Bravo’s Rich Kids Docudrama ‘NYC Prep’
Amy Zimmerman
April 23, 2014
Perhaps because it has been covered so exhaustively, even the 9/11 chapter seems like a docudrama we've already watched.
George Bush's Book Will Offend the Right
Matt Latimer
November 10, 2010
Sarah Palin and reality-TV titan Mark Burnett are about to collaborate on a “docudrama” about Alaska?
Palin's Reality TV Makeover
Lee Siegel
March 5, 2010

British Dictionary definitions for docudrama

docudrama

noun

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

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