dramatization
[dram-uh-tuh-zey-shuh n, drah-muh-]
- the act of dramatizing.
- construction or representation in dramatic form.
- a dramatized version of a novel, historic incident, etc.
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Origin of dramatization
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Contemporary Examples
As Solomon says, “myth building makes quick riddance of inconvenient facts,” and the same could be said of dramatization.
Its dramatization of the clash between utopianism and geopolitical catastrophe becomes more potent with every passing year.
Historical Examples
His gift of dramatization had been exercised too long to be discarded now.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, CompleteAlbert Bigelow Paine
She had no idea, no dramatization in her mind, of what awaited her or of what she intended to do.
With twenty-nine leading characters the dramatization can be well staged.
America FirstVarious
But dramatization will do more than anything else for the interpreting of the stories and the characters.
Viking TalesJennie Hall
I should imagine that the dramatization of a novel killed its sale.
dramatization
dramatisation
- the reconstruction of an event, novel, story, etc in a form suitable for dramatic presentation
- the art or act of dramatizing
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Word Origin and History for dramatization
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