tr.v., -ized, -iz·ing, -iz·es.

To treat as or make into fiction: “has fictionalized his people and their town, but we know they are real” (Harper's).

fictionalization fic'tion·al·i·za'tion (-lĭ-zā'shən) n.

verb

To impart a false character to (something) by alteration: doctor, fabricate, fake, falsify, fictionize. See true/false.

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: make into fiction
  Synonyms: fictionalise, retell

Meaning #2: convert into the form or the style of a novel
  Synonyms: novelize, novelise, fictionalise

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - omdigte til skønlitterær form

Nederlands (Dutch)
tot roman bewerken, romantiseren

Français (French)
v. tr. - romancer

Deutsch (German)
v. - als Fiktion darstellen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - μυθοποιώ, μυθιστορηματοποιώ

Italiano (Italian)
romanzare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - imaginar

Русский (Russian)
написать документальный роман, беллетризовать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - convertir en ficción, dar forma de novela

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - skildra i skönlitterär form

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
使小说化, 把...编成小说

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使小說化, 把...編成小說

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~을 소설화하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 小説にする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يصنع في قالب روائي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮המציא, הפך לבדיוני‬

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