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fictionalise

  • a variation of fictionalize.
    fictionalize
    verb (used with object)
    to make into fiction; give a somewhat imaginative or fictional version of.

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So where did Samuel draw the line with how much to stick to history and how much to fictionalise?

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2021

Pirsig would fictionalise their meetings in his second novel Lila, which he began after revisiting the Cheyenne.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 25, 2017

So why do we fictionalise robots in our own image and then have them betray us?

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2015

There is no one reason why an author should fictionalise a place.

From The Guardian ● May 26, 2015

I don’t think there’s the temptation to fictionalise.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2012