fictionization

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noun

The process of making something into fiction.

OriginEnglish fiction ← Middle English ficcioun ← Old French ficcion →
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Meanings

nounfictionization (countable and uncountable, plural fictionizations)

plural fictionizations

  1. countableuncountableThe process of making something into fiction.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeyǵʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰinéǵʰti
  3. Proto-Italic*θingō
  4. Proto-Italic*fingō
  5. Latinfingō
  6. Latinfictiō
  7. Old Frenchficcion
  8. Middle Englishficcioun
  9. Englishfiction
  10. Englishfictionization

From fiction + -ization.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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