fictionalise

fictionalise
fiction NOUN 1) prose literature, especially novels, describing imaginary events and people. 2) invention as opposed to fact. 3) a false belief or statement, accepted as true for the sake of convenience.
DERIVATIVES fictional adjective fictionality noun fictionalize (also fictionalise) verb fictionally adverb fictionist noun.
ORIGIN Latin, from fingere 'form, contrive' .

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  • fictionalise — (Brit.) v. transform into a fictional narrative, treat like fiction (also fictionalize) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • fictionalise — /ˈfɪkʃənəlaɪz/ (say fikshuhnuhluyz) verb (t) (fictionalised, fictionalising) to turn (a real person, place, event, etc.) into a piece of fiction by altering details, motivations, sequence of events, etc.: *He studied law, not English, at graduate …  

  • fictionalise — British variant of fictionalize …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • fictionalise — UK [ˈfɪkʃ(ə)nəlaɪz] / US [ˈfɪkʃənlˌaɪz] fictionalize …   English dictionary

  • fictionalise — verb 1. make into fiction The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel • Syn: ↑fictionalize, ↑retell • Derivationally related forms: ↑fictionalization (for: ↑fictionalize), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • fictionalised — fictionalise (Brit.) v. transform into a fictional narrative, treat like fiction (also fictionalize) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • fictionalises — fictionalise (Brit.) v. transform into a fictional narrative, treat like fiction (also fictionalize) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • fictionalising — fictionalise (Brit.) v. transform into a fictional narrative, treat like fiction (also fictionalize) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • fictionalize — verb 1. make into fiction The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel • Syn: ↑fictionalise, ↑retell • Derivationally related forms: ↑fictionalization, ↑fiction • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • fictionalisation — noun 1. a literary work based partly or wholly on fact but written as if it were fiction • Syn: ↑fictionalization • Derivationally related forms: ↑fictionalise, ↑fictionalize (for: ↑fictionalization) • …   Useful english dictionary

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