fictionalize — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To retell (something) real (e.g., an event or series of events) as if it were fiction; especially, to do so in a way that departs from reality in any extent from mild to extensive (from minor details to essential substance).

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   a lightly fictionalized account of [X]

2. To retell (something) real (e.g., an event or series of events) as if it were fiction; especially, to do so in a way that departs from reality in any extent from mild to extensive (from minor details to essential substance). To convert (something) real into a novel or other dramatic work.

   Usage

   • Transitive

Verb

1. make into fiction

   Synonyms

   fictionaliseretell

   Broader terms

   re-createrecreate

   Examples

   The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel

2. convert into the form or the style of a novel

   Synonyms

   novelizenovelisefictionalise

   Broader terms

   convert

   Examples

   The author novelized the historical event