fictionalization

American  

[fik-shuhn-uhl-ahyz-ay-shuhn] / ˌfɪk ʃən əl aɪzˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

fictionalizations plural

1. something created through fictionalizing.

2. the act or process of fictionalizing.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• fictionalizations
  plural

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fictionalization fictionalizations

For his 1970 novel, “Bomber,” a fictionalization of a Royal Air Force raid over Germany in 1943, he spoke to survivors and listened to wartime tape recordings to get the dialogue right.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

“Peggy,” a fictionalization of heiress and gallerist Peggy Guggenheim’s life, is Godfrey’s third and final book, which she wrote during the final decade of her life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2024

The scouting team for a Shinkai film will photograph real places, and those become the basis for these representations that are the most gorgeous fictionalization of that place possible.

From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2023

The degree of fictionalization in the series has already caused controversy; Sheila Isenberg, the author of a book on Fry, called the show a “travesty.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2023

With “Memoirs and Misinformation,” Carrey the author got ahead of the curve and wrote his own fictionalization.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2020

Such a telling would probably trigger the supposed guardians of historical accuracy to an even greater extent than Morgan’s fictionalizations already do.

From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2022

Léonard’s specialty is “autofiction,” thinly veiled fictionalizations of his life.

From The New Yorker ● May 3, 2019

Are there any fictionalizations of India, particularly its Mughal history, that you looked at?

From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2013

Washington: Behind Closed Doors, for all its fictionalizations, presented a symbolically credible portrait of moral chaos in Nixon's White House.

From Time Magazine Archive