fictionize

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verb

To fictionalize.

Scrabble 24

Meanings

verbfictionize (third-person singular simple present fictionizes, present participle fictionizing, simple past and past participle fictionized)

present singular third person fictionizes · participle present fictionizing · participle past fictionized · past fictionized · alternative fictionise

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. Englishfictionize

From fiction + -ize.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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