verb ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To retell (something) real (e.g., an event or series of events) as if it were fiction; especially, to do so in a way that departs from reality in any extent from mild to extensive (from minor details to essential substance). transitive

   "a lightly fictionalized account of [X]"

2. 2
   convert into the form or the style of a novel wordnet
3. 3
   To retell (something) real (e.g., an event or series of events) as if it were fiction; especially, to do so in a way that departs from reality in any extent from mild to extensive (from minor details to essential substance).; To convert (something) real into a novel or other dramatic work. transitive
4. 4
   make into fiction wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

novelizeallegorizecoinconceitconceiveconceptualize

Example

More examples

"a lightly fictionalized account of [X]"

Etymology

From fictional + -ize.

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