Associations to the word «Fictionalize»

Wiktionary

FICTIONALIZE, verb. To retell something real as if it were fiction, especially by fabricating falsehoods
FICTIONALIZE, verb. To convert something into a novel or other dramatic work

Dictionary definition

FICTIONALIZE, verb. Make into fiction; "The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel".
FICTIONALIZE, verb. Convert into the form or the style of a novel; "The author novelized the historical event".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats