fictionalization

noun
/ˌfɪk.ʃən.əl.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/UK/ˌfɪk.ʃən.əl.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *dʰi-né-ǵʰ-ti Proto-Italic *θingō Proto-Italic *fingōder. Latin fingō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fictiōder. Old French ficcionbor. Middle English ficcioun English fiction Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English fictional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English fictionalize ▲ Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English fictionalization From fictionalize + -ation.

  1. derived from -ationbor
  2. derived from -iserbor
  3. derived from -izōder
  4. derived from -ālisbor
  5. derived from -albor
  6. derived from ficcionbor

Definitions

  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'.
  2. Something fictionalized.

    • Near-synonym: faction

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for fictionalization. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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