fictionalization
nounUK /ˌfɪk.ʃən.əl.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ · US /ˌfɪk.ʃən.əl.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/
Etymology From fictionalize + -ation.
1
The act of fictionalizing.
- Remembering is an act of re-creation and therefore subject to distortion and fictionalization: 'real' memories become tales, and tales become 'memories'.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 204:
2
Something fictionalized.
- Near-synonym: faction
- Derived terms
- defictionalization
- Related terms
- docudrama, docufiction