fictionalization

English

Alternative forms

fictionalisation (UK)

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.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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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

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Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English fictionalization

From fictionalize + -ation.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌfɪk.ʃən.əl.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌfɪk.ʃən.əl.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/

Noun

fictionalization (countable and uncountable, plural fictionalizations)

The act of fictionalizing.
- 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 204:
  Remembering is an act of re-creation and therefore subject to distortion and fictionalization: 'real' memories become tales, and tales become 'memories'.
Something fictionalized.
Hyponym: roman à clef

Near-synonym: faction

Derived terms

defictionalization