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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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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

Zicherman says the series resists overt fictionalization, but they felt it had to go further than the Spotlight series.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 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

Her response, she said, was to remind them that it was a fictionalization of Kali: “It’s just a work of art!”

From New York Times Oct. 15, 2021

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

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