fictionalize (English, verb)
expansion: fictionalize (third-person singular simple present fictionalizes, present participle fictionalizing, simple past and past participle fictionalized)
Senses:
glosses: 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).
tags: transitive
glosses: 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.
tags: transitive
Forms:
form: fictionalizes
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: fictionalizing
tags: participle
present
form: fictionalized
tags: participle
past
form: fictionalized
tags: past
form: fictionalise
tags: alternative