fictionalise

A verb used to indicate the act of turning something into fiction or representing it in a fictional manner.

• 🇫🇷Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de transformer quelque chose en fiction ou de le présenter de manière fictive.

1. Adapt into fiction B2 formal

   To turn real events or characters into a fictional story, often for a novel, film, or play.

   • The author decided to fictionalise his childhood memories in his latest book.
   • The film fictionalises the true story of the explorer's journey.
   • Historians often criticise writers who fictionalise historical events too freely.

   🇫🇷Adapter en fiction

   Synonymes: adaptnovelize

   Antonymes: chronicledocumentnarraterecordreport

2. Convert into novel form C1 formal

   To present something in the style or format of a novel, making it more narrative and imaginative.

   • The journalist fictionalised the documentary into a compelling novel.
   • She fictionalised her research findings to reach a wider audience.
   • The scriptwriter fictionalised the biography to create a dramatic screenplay.

   🇫🇷Romaniser

   Synonymes: novelisenovelize

• fictionalised past participle
• fictionalised past simple
• fictionalising present participle
• fictionalises third person singular