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fictionalized

UK/'fikʃənəlaizd/US/ˈfikʃənəlaizd/
A2

Definitions

adj.

Based on real events but reshaped as fiction

经小说化处理的,虚构改编的

Root Breakdown

Root-derived
fictionmake, do
+
-alact, process, state
+
-izerelating to, having the nature of
+
-dto make, to become
=fictionalized

Past participle of fictionalize. fiction (fic, the weakened fac, 'something made/shaped') + -al + -ize = 'to make into fiction.'

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The film is a fictionalized account of the trial.

  • 2.

    She wrote a fictionalized version of her childhood.

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