dramatization

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Etymology

From dramatize +‎ -ation.[1]

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Noun

dramatization (countable and uncountable, plural dramatizations)

  1. The act of dramatizing.
    1. The act of adapting a literary work for the theatre.
      Near-synonym: staging
    2. The act of presenting something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner.
  2. A version that has been dramatized.
    This is a dramatization of life 1000 years ago.

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  1. ^ “dramatization, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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