fictionizev.
/ˈfɪkʃənʌɪz/ 1. transitive. To turn into fiction.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > invent, concoct [verb (transitive)] > turn into fiction
to make upc1650
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > relate or represent in fiction [verb (transitive)] > turn into fiction
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1831 S. R. Maitland Eruvin vi. 125 One of the writers who has thought fit to fictionize the truths of revelation.
1959 Chambers's Encycl. IX. 246/1 In his next two works Melville settled back into his routine of fictionizing his experiences.
2. transitive. To give a fictitious form to.
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1864 Notes & Queries V. 13 The unicorn, as fictionized in heraldry, is a white horse.
3. intransitive. To give a fictional version (of actual happenings).
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > invent, concoct [verb (intransitive)]
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1934 A. Merritt Burn Witch Burn! ix. 125 ‘You think she was fictionizing?’ ‘Not fictionizing exactly. Observing a series of ordinary occurrences through the glamour of an active imagination.’
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ˈfictionizing n.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > fabrication of statement or story > [noun]
invention1526
forgery1582
fiction1605
romance1668
fabrication1790
whole cloth1823
concoction1831
fictionizing1938
1938 Scrutiny 7 iii. 262 And her work was no mere historical fictionizing.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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