Fictionalize

verb

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

Etymology

From fictional + -ize.

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