fictionalization


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fic·tion·al·ize

(fĭk′shə-nə-līz′)
tr.v. fic·tion·al·ized, fic·tion·al·iz·ing, fic·tion·al·iz·es
To treat as or make into fiction: "has fictionalized his people and their town, but we know they are real" (Harper's).
fic′tion·al·i·za′tion (-lĭ-zā′shən) n.
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Noun 1. fictionalization - a literary work based partly or wholly on fact but written as if it were fiction
literary composition, literary work - imaginative or creative writing
2. fictionalization - writing in a fictional form
authorship, penning, writing, composition - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"
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