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fictionalize

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fic⋅tion⋅al⋅ize

  [fik-shuh-nl-ahyz]
Use fictionalize in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
to make into fiction; give a somewhat imaginative or fictional version of: to fictionalize a biography.
Also, fictionize.
Also, especially British, fic⋅tion⋅al⋅ise.

Origin:
1920–25; fictional + -ize

Related forms:
fic⋅tion⋅al⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
fic⋅tion⋅al⋅iz⋅er, noun
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fic·tion·al·ize   (fĭk'shə-nə-līz')   
tr.v.   fic·tion·al·ized, fic·tion·al·iz·ing, fic·tion·al·iz·es
To treat as or make into fiction: "has fictionalized his people and their town, but we know they are real" (Harper's).
fic'tion·al·i·za'tion (-lĭ-zā'shən) n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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