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docudrama
[ dok-yuh-drah-muh, -dram-uh ]
docudrama
/ ˈdɒkjʊˌdrɑːmə /
noun
- a film or television programme based on true events, presented in a dramatized form
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Other Words From
- doc·u·dram·a·tist [dok, -y, uh, -dram-, uh, -tist, -drah-m, uh, -], noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of docudrama1
First recorded in 1960–65; docu(mentary) + drama
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Example Sentences
Over the phone, she tells me how NYC Prep was sold to her and her similarly privileged peers as a docudrama.
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Perhaps because it has been covered so exhaustively, even the 9/11 chapter seems like a docudrama we've already watched.
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Sarah Palin and reality-TV titan Mark Burnett are about to collaborate on a “docudrama” about Alaska?
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