fictionalize

Verb

Meaning

convert into the form or the style of a novel

make into fiction

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

retell novelize fictionalise novelise create hatch dramatize fashion coin blend originate recite invent recount transpose
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Antonyms

copy destroy ruin uncover extinguish dismantle
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Hypernyms

convert re-create

Related terms

fictionalization

Examples

Perhaps the most significant thing George Lucas did in creating 'Star Wars' was to fictionalize the Tao - to spark a universe where we can talk about the Force in objective terms and show it in direct action. Matthew Stover

The play is my gut's response to stories that have to do with my own bloodline. I think it is a great luxury and adventure to be able to dive into one's own history, one's own lineage, psychology and story, and illumine and at the same time fictionalize it. Philip Kan Gotanda

The author novelized the historical event Source: Internet

The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel Source: Internet

As my mother puts it, “she used to take incidents from life and theorize about them and slightly fictionalize them to coax out entertaining tales.” Source: Internet

Yet unlike some I-novelists, Shiga sometimes felt the need to fictionalize to reach the true essence of his experience. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

fictionalist fictionality fictionalization fictionalizer fictionally fictionary