fictionalise

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A form of fictionalize — 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).

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fictionalizeretellnovelizenovelise
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Meanings

verbfictionalise (third-person singular simple present fictionalises, present participle fictionalising, simple past and past participle fictionalised)

present singular third person fictionalises · participle present fictionalising · participle past fictionalised · past fictionalised

  1. UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of fictionalize.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbmake into fiction

Similar
fictionalizeretell
Broader
re-createrecreate

verbconvert into the form or the style of a novel

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novelizenovelisefictionalize
Broader
convert
Also see
fictionalizenovelizeretell

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Danish fiktionalisere
  • fiktionaliserecreate a fictional version
French fictionaliser
  • fictionalisercreate a fictional version
Norwegian Bokmål fiksjonalisere
  • fiksjonaliserecreate a fictional version
Portuguese ficcionalizar
  • ficcionalizarcreate a fictional version
Cite this entry
APA

fictionalise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fictionalise

MLA

“fictionalise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fictionalise. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fictionalise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fictionalise.

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