fictionalize

[ fik-shuh-nl-ahyz ]

/ ˈfɪk ʃə nlˌaɪz /

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verb (used with object), fic·tion·al·ized, fic·tion·al·iz·ing.

to make into fiction; give a somewhat imaginative or fictional version of: to fictionalize a biography.

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Also especially British, fic·tion·al·ise . Also fictionize.

Origin of fictionalize

First recorded in 1920–25; fictional + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM fictionalize

fic·tion·al·i·za·tion, nounfic·tion·al·iz·er, nounsem·i·fic·tion·al·ized, adjective

Words nearby fictionalize

FICO Score, fict., fictile, fiction, fictional, fictionalize, fictioneer, fictionist, fictionize, fictitious, fictitious force

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How to use fictionalize in a sentence

Thorny relationships between women are something of a specialty for Mortimer, who fictionalized the uneasy power dynamics that governed her friendship with Wells in HBO comedy Doll & Em.
Amazon’s Divine Period Romance The Pursuit of Love Gives Classic Social Satire a Modern Twist|Judy Berman|July 30, 2021|Time
The series, a lightly fictionalized version of the podcast, stars Joshua Jackson as the slick and overconfident Duntsch.
Peacock's Dr. Death Is Based on A Chilling True Crime Podcast About a Murderous Surgeon. Here's What to Know|Mahita Gajanan|July 16, 2021|Time
The case has been fictionalized and debated constantly in the intervening seven decades, but today’s world offers a new way to tell Ethel’s story.
How Today’s World Can Help Us See That There’s More to the Ethel Rosenberg Story|Anne Sebba|June 9, 2021|Time
Although the book is fictionalized, “Fatima’s story is my story,” Tariq says.
‘Fatima’s Great Outdoors’ Is an Adventure Tale for All|Krista Langlois|April 22, 2021|Outside Online

Now, nearly two years later, he’s written a lightly fictionalized version of how Big Tech companies operate and the burden they put on some of their employees.
Former Facebook employee’s new book exposes Big Tech’s dirty secrets|Danielle Abril|October 25, 2020|Fortune

British Dictionary definitions for fictionalize

fictionalize

fictionalise

/ (ˈfɪkʃənəˌlaɪz) /

verb

(tr) to make into fiction or give a fictional aspect to

Derived forms of fictionalize

fictionalization or fictionalisation, noun

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Origin of fictionalize

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British Dictionary definitions for fictionalize

fictionalise

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