verb (used with object), fic·tion·al·ized, fic·tion·al·iz·ing. to make into
fiction; give a somewhat imaginative or
fictional version of:
to fictionalize a biography.
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
sem·i·fic·tion·al·ized, adjective