Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To treat as or make into fiction.
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- verb To
retell somethingreal as if it werefiction , especially byfabricating falsehoods - verb To convert something into a
novel or other dramatic work
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make into fiction
- verb convert into the form or the style of a novel
Etymologies
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Examples
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Then I kind of fictionalize them or change them and find different ways to approach my real life experience.
Mike Ragogna: Chatting with REO Speedwagon's Kevin Cronin, Graham Colton and David Berkeley, Plus The Box Story's New Video Mike Ragogna 2011
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I suspect that El Cid knows that and is pointing out that all this is possible without feeling as though there is some kind of obligation to fictionalize that duBois seems to think that there is in the service of “art.”
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Bush's press secretaries I understand were not at all involved and had to fictionalize as they went.
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Then I kind of fictionalize them or change them and find different ways to approach my real life experience.
Mike Ragogna: Chatting with REO Speedwagon's Kevin Cronin, Graham Colton and David Berkeley, Plus The Box Story's New Video Mike Ragogna 2011
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I always felt the story of this trio was a fabulous one and in those days, when I still liked the idea of writing novels, I longed to fictionalize their love triangle.
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That is, I had to fictionalize him a little because I was too small to remember every little detail about him.
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The producers understandably air a disclaimer that, despite their research, they were forced to fictionalize part of their movie.
Hussain Abdul-Hussain: Movie Review: Carlos Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2010
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The producers understandably air a disclaimer that, despite their research, they were forced to fictionalize part of their movie.
Hussain Abdul-Hussain: Movie Review: Carlos Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2010
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The producers understandably air a disclaimer that, despite their research, they were forced to fictionalize part of their movie.
Hussain Abdul-Hussain: Movie Review: Carlos Hussain Abdul-Hussain 2010
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The question that came straight into my mind was: why choose to fictionalize the lives of people still living?
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