noun
Meaning 1
The act of dramatizing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dramatization
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noun
Meaning 2
A version that has been dramatized.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- This is a dramatization of life 1000 years ago.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a dramatic representation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dramatisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: representation
Narrower terms: guerrilla theater, street theater, puppetry
noun
Meaning 4
conversion into dramatic form
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the play was a dramatization of a short story
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dramatisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: writing, authorship, composition, penning
History
Etymology
From dramatize + -ation.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: драматизация (dramatizacija) — the act of dramatizing
- Catalan: dramatització — the act of dramatizing
- French: dramatisation — the act of dramatizing
- German: Dramatisierung — the act of dramatizing
- Greek: δραματοποίηση (dramatopoíisi) — the act of dramatizing
- Icelandic: leikgerð — the act of dramatizing
- Italian: drammatizzazione — the act of dramatizing
- Russian: драматизация (dramatizacija) — the act of dramatizing
- Russian: инсценировка (inscenirovka) — the act of dramatizing
- Spanish: dramatización — the act of dramatizing
- Turkish: dramatize etme — the act of dramatizing
- Welsh: dramateiddiad — the act of dramatizing
- Catalan: dramatització — a version that has been dramatized
- Icelandic: leikgerð — a version that has been dramatized
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