fictionalize

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Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-né-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti
Proto-Italic *θingō
Proto-Italic *fingōder.
Latin fingō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin fictiōder.
Old French ficcionbor.
Middle English ficcioun
English fiction
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālislbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English fictional
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English fictionalize

    From fictional + -ize.

    Pronunciation

    • (US, UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɪk.ʃən.əl.aɪz/

    Verb

    fictionalize (third-person singular simple present fictionalizes, present participle fictionalizing, simple past and past participle fictionalized)

    1. (transitive) 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).
      a lightly fictionalized account of [X]
      1. (transitive) To convert (something) real into a novel or other dramatic work.

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