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fictionalize

UK/'fikʃənəlaiz/US/'fikʃәnәlaiz/
A2

Definitions

v.

To retell real events as a fictional story

将真实事件改编成虚构故事

Root Breakdown

Root-derived
fictionmake, do
+
-alact, process, state
+
-izerelating to, having the nature of
=fictionalize

fiction (fic, the weakened fac, 'a thing shaped/made up') + -al + -ize = 'to make into fiction.'

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The author chose to fictionalize the events for dramatic effect.

  • 2.

    They fictionalized the scandal in a hit series.

Word Forms

Verb

Pastfictionalized
3rd Personfictionalizes
Past Part.fictionalized
Pres. Part.fictionalizing
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