narrativize

American  

[nar-uh-tuh-vahyz] / ˈnær ə təˌvaɪz /

verb (used with or without object)

narrativized, narrativizing

1. to communicate (events or experiences) in narrative form, in order to better understand them.

   documentaries that attempt to narrativize the Holocaust.

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Other Word Forms

• narrativization noun

Etymology

Origin of narrativize

narrativ(e) + -ize

Example Sentences

Something that you’ve struggled with is the impulse to experience something purely versus the impulse to narrativize it.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2023

It becomes easy — and honestly, sometimes really satisfying — to narrativize perceived hosts' slights like a modern-day parable.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2022

It’s hard to imagine a team better equipped to narrativize a world-historical moment—even a moment they did not choose.

From Slate • Mar. 4, 2022

Part of what’s “relatable” about such accounts is that we all behave in ways that are easy for others, or even ourselves, to narrativize.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 10, 2019

“People tend to narrativize neighborhoods in New York, saying such and such a place is hip, or poor, or ugly or barren,” he said.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2012