FICTIONALIZE

novelize, novelise, fictionalize, fictionalise

(verb) convert into the form or the style of a novel; “The author novelized the historical event”

fictionalize, fictionalise, retell

(verb) make into fiction; “The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

fictionalize (third-person singular simple present fictionalizes, present participle fictionalizing, simple past and past participle fictionalized)

To retell something real as if it were fiction, especially by fabricating falsehoods

To convert something into a novel or other dramatic work

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

9 June 2025

HERMAPHRODITE

(noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made


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Coffee Trivia

The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.

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