noun
Meaning 1
The act of fictionalizing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
fictionalization
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UK: /ˌfɪk.ʃən.əl.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
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US: /ˌfɪk.ʃən.əl.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/
noun
Meaning 2
Something fictionalized.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- Near-synonym: faction
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: faction
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
writing in a fictional form
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fabrication, fictionalisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: writing, authorship, composition, penning
noun
Meaning 4
a literary work based partly or wholly on fact but written as if it were fiction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fictionalisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: literary composition, literary work
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dheyǵh- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *dhinéǵhti Proto-Italic *θingō Proto-Italic *fingōder. Latin fingō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fictiōder. Old French ficcionbor. Middle English ficcioun English fiction English -al English fictional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English fictionalize ▲ Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English fictionalization From fictionalize + -ation.