fictionalization

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).

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fic′tion·al·i·za′tion (-lĭ-zā′shən) n.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fictionalization - a literary work based partly or wholly on fact but written as if it were fiction fictionalisation literary composition, literary work - imaginative or creative writing
	2.	fictionalization - writing in a fictional form fabrication, fictionalisation authorship, penning, writing, composition - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"

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