What is the word for 'Turning real events into fiction'? [on hold]
A single word or phrase for turning events (historical/recent) into fiction.Like based on real events, but fictious. Like some myths that have been derived from real events.
'romanticized' but that means turning things into good/idealistic.I'm looking for a word that is neutral.
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A single word or phrase for turning events (historical/recent) into fiction.Like based on real events, but fictious. Like some myths that have been derived from real events.
'romanticized' but that means turning things into good/idealistic.I'm looking for a word that is neutral.
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asked Dec 22 at 8:02
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A single word or phrase for turning events (historical/recent) into fiction.Like based on real events, but fictious. Like some myths that have been derived from real events.
'romanticized' but that means turning things into good/idealistic.I'm looking for a word that is neutral.
single-word-requests
asked Dec 22 at 8:02
Rum
565
A single word or phrase for turning events (historical/recent) into fiction.Like based on real events, but fictious. Like some myths that have been derived from real events.
'romanticized' but that means turning things into good/idealistic.I'm looking for a word that is neutral.
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Fictionalise (Am. Eng fictionalize)
verb
To fictionalize an account of something that really happened
means to tell it as a story, with some details changed or added.
answered Dec 22 at 8:38
Duckisaduckisaduck
1,255616
5
This is the best answer. Alternatives that do not literally mean this, but should almost always be read as such are: "Based on actual events" and "Based on a true story".
– Michael Richardson
Dec 22 at 16:00
In wikitionary they attributed 'alter real events by adding flasehood' to it's meaning , but thanks for the definition :).
– Rum
Dec 23 at 9:48
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"Fictionalise"/"fictionalize" (depending on local spelling) is - as already suggested - probably the closest, but I've also seen "dramatise"/"dramatize" (often as "dramatisation") used.
I want to say that the word for turning real events into fiction is "journalism", but that's probably not as helpful as I think it is.
answered Dec 22 at 11:00
ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
4204
On the 'drama' side of things, there's also the related 'dramatic license', although that doesn't fit in this context.
– Joe
Dec 22 at 16:28
2
I like dramatize But I have to -1 for journalism
– Jim
Dec 23 at 0:10
I have to +1 for journalism
– Sod Almighty
Dec 25 at 3:05
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A related literary term is roman à clef ('story with a key') in which real persons and events are overlaid with fictional persons and events.
answered Dec 22 at 16:45
Jim Mack
6,91221731
Would it still have the same meaning if the characters/events were based on real persons? Or does the characters intrinsically have to be real?
– Rum
Dec 23 at 9:50
1
@Rum - as you can see from the linked definition, the term is a bit flexible and can be used to cover either situation. Usually, it means a thinly disguised account of a real situation and real person(s).
– Jim Mack
Dec 23 at 14:27
add a comment |
allegorise (Am. Eng. allegorize)
Verb, from:
Noun: allegory
figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another.
answered Dec 22 at 17:16
Duckisaduckisaduck
1,255616
Thanks for the word :).
– Rum
Dec 23 at 9:43
add a comment |
According to Oxford Living Dictionary:
FACTION
mass noun
A literary and cinematic genre in which real events are used as a basis for a fictional narrative or dramatization.
‘the current vogue for faction seems about to overwhelm narrative history.
'FACTION' is a blend of 'fact' and 'fiction'.
answered Dec 22 at 8:34
user307254
1
5
That’s not a verb meaning ‘turn into fiction’, though.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Dec 22 at 9:42
6
I'm not about to vote down, but I would disagree. Perhaps O.L.D. has incorporated a portmanteau neologism, but "faction" already has a meaning - a group, bloc, party or sect often - but not necessarily - political [thesaurus.com].
– ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
Dec 22 at 11:06
Then we can say there are two homonyms which are the result of convergence of two different words.
– user307254
Dec 22 at 11:29
1
@user307254 - Eventually, maybe, but I don't think we're there yet. As far as I'm concerned the O.L.D. definition is just plain wrong - but I recognise I might just be part of a group, bloc, sect etc. with that view...
– ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
Dec 22 at 12:24
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5 Answers
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5 Answers
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Fictionalise (Am. Eng fictionalize)
verb
To fictionalize an account of something that really happened
means to tell it as a story, with some details changed or added.
answered Dec 22 at 8:38
Duckisaduckisaduck
1,255616
5
This is the best answer. Alternatives that do not literally mean this, but should almost always be read as such are: "Based on actual events" and "Based on a true story".
– Michael Richardson
Dec 22 at 16:00
In wikitionary they attributed 'alter real events by adding flasehood' to it's meaning , but thanks for the definition :).
– Rum
Dec 23 at 9:48
add a comment |
Fictionalise (Am. Eng fictionalize)
verb
To fictionalize an account of something that really happened
means to tell it as a story, with some details changed or added.
answered Dec 22 at 8:38
Duckisaduckisaduck
1,255616
5
This is the best answer. Alternatives that do not literally mean this, but should almost always be read as such are: "Based on actual events" and "Based on a true story".
– Michael Richardson
Dec 22 at 16:00
In wikitionary they attributed 'alter real events by adding flasehood' to it's meaning , but thanks for the definition :).
– Rum
Dec 23 at 9:48
add a comment |
Fictionalise (Am. Eng fictionalize)
verb
To fictionalize an account of something that really happened
means to tell it as a story, with some details changed or added.
answered Dec 22 at 8:38
Duckisaduckisaduck
1,255616
Fictionalise (Am. Eng fictionalize)
verb
To fictionalize an account of something that really happened
means to tell it as a story, with some details changed or added.
answered Dec 22 at 8:38
Duckisaduckisaduck
1,255616
answered Dec 22 at 8:38
Duckisaduckisaduck
1,255616
answered Dec 22 at 8:38
Duckisaduckisaduck
1,255616
answered Dec 22 at 8:38
Duckisaduckisaduck
1,255616
1,255616
5
This is the best answer. Alternatives that do not literally mean this, but should almost always be read as such are: "Based on actual events" and "Based on a true story".
– Michael Richardson
Dec 22 at 16:00
In wikitionary they attributed 'alter real events by adding flasehood' to it's meaning , but thanks for the definition :).
– Rum
Dec 23 at 9:48
add a comment |
5
This is the best answer. Alternatives that do not literally mean this, but should almost always be read as such are: "Based on actual events" and "Based on a true story".
– Michael Richardson
Dec 22 at 16:00
In wikitionary they attributed 'alter real events by adding flasehood' to it's meaning , but thanks for the definition :).
– Rum
Dec 23 at 9:48
5
5
This is the best answer. Alternatives that do not literally mean this, but should almost always be read as such are: "Based on actual events" and "Based on a true story".
– Michael Richardson
Dec 22 at 16:00
This is the best answer. Alternatives that do not literally mean this, but should almost always be read as such are: "Based on actual events" and "Based on a true story".
– Michael Richardson
Dec 22 at 16:00
In wikitionary they attributed 'alter real events by adding flasehood' to it's meaning , but thanks for the definition :).
– Rum
Dec 23 at 9:48
In wikitionary they attributed 'alter real events by adding flasehood' to it's meaning , but thanks for the definition :).
– Rum
Dec 23 at 9:48
add a comment |
"Fictionalise"/"fictionalize" (depending on local spelling) is - as already suggested - probably the closest, but I've also seen "dramatise"/"dramatize" (often as "dramatisation") used.
I want to say that the word for turning real events into fiction is "journalism", but that's probably not as helpful as I think it is.
answered Dec 22 at 11:00
ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
4204
On the 'drama' side of things, there's also the related 'dramatic license', although that doesn't fit in this context.
– Joe
Dec 22 at 16:28
2
I like dramatize But I have to -1 for journalism
– Jim
Dec 23 at 0:10
I have to +1 for journalism
– Sod Almighty
Dec 25 at 3:05
add a comment |
"Fictionalise"/"fictionalize" (depending on local spelling) is - as already suggested - probably the closest, but I've also seen "dramatise"/"dramatize" (often as "dramatisation") used.
I want to say that the word for turning real events into fiction is "journalism", but that's probably not as helpful as I think it is.
answered Dec 22 at 11:00
ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
4204
On the 'drama' side of things, there's also the related 'dramatic license', although that doesn't fit in this context.
– Joe
Dec 22 at 16:28
2
I like dramatize But I have to -1 for journalism
– Jim
Dec 23 at 0:10
I have to +1 for journalism
– Sod Almighty
Dec 25 at 3:05
add a comment |
"Fictionalise"/"fictionalize" (depending on local spelling) is - as already suggested - probably the closest, but I've also seen "dramatise"/"dramatize" (often as "dramatisation") used.
I want to say that the word for turning real events into fiction is "journalism", but that's probably not as helpful as I think it is.
answered Dec 22 at 11:00
ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
4204
"Fictionalise"/"fictionalize" (depending on local spelling) is - as already suggested - probably the closest, but I've also seen "dramatise"/"dramatize" (often as "dramatisation") used.
I want to say that the word for turning real events into fiction is "journalism", but that's probably not as helpful as I think it is.
answered Dec 22 at 11:00
ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
4204
answered Dec 22 at 11:00
ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
4204
answered Dec 22 at 11:00
ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
4204
answered Dec 22 at 11:00
ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
4204
4204
On the 'drama' side of things, there's also the related 'dramatic license', although that doesn't fit in this context.
– Joe
Dec 22 at 16:28
2
I like dramatize But I have to -1 for journalism
– Jim
Dec 23 at 0:10
I have to +1 for journalism
– Sod Almighty
Dec 25 at 3:05
add a comment |
On the 'drama' side of things, there's also the related 'dramatic license', although that doesn't fit in this context.
– Joe
Dec 22 at 16:28
2
I like dramatize But I have to -1 for journalism
– Jim
Dec 23 at 0:10
I have to +1 for journalism
– Sod Almighty
Dec 25 at 3:05
On the 'drama' side of things, there's also the related 'dramatic license', although that doesn't fit in this context.
– Joe
Dec 22 at 16:28
On the 'drama' side of things, there's also the related 'dramatic license', although that doesn't fit in this context.
– Joe
Dec 22 at 16:28
2
2
I like dramatize But I have to -1 for journalism
– Jim
Dec 23 at 0:10
I like dramatize But I have to -1 for journalism
– Jim
Dec 23 at 0:10
I have to +1 for journalism
– Sod Almighty
Dec 25 at 3:05
I have to +1 for journalism
– Sod Almighty
Dec 25 at 3:05
add a comment |
A related literary term is roman à clef ('story with a key') in which real persons and events are overlaid with fictional persons and events.
answered Dec 22 at 16:45
Jim Mack
6,91221731
Would it still have the same meaning if the characters/events were based on real persons? Or does the characters intrinsically have to be real?
– Rum
Dec 23 at 9:50
1
@Rum - as you can see from the linked definition, the term is a bit flexible and can be used to cover either situation. Usually, it means a thinly disguised account of a real situation and real person(s).
– Jim Mack
Dec 23 at 14:27
add a comment |
A related literary term is roman à clef ('story with a key') in which real persons and events are overlaid with fictional persons and events.
answered Dec 22 at 16:45
Jim Mack
6,91221731
Would it still have the same meaning if the characters/events were based on real persons? Or does the characters intrinsically have to be real?
– Rum
Dec 23 at 9:50
1
@Rum - as you can see from the linked definition, the term is a bit flexible and can be used to cover either situation. Usually, it means a thinly disguised account of a real situation and real person(s).
– Jim Mack
Dec 23 at 14:27
add a comment |
A related literary term is roman à clef ('story with a key') in which real persons and events are overlaid with fictional persons and events.
answered Dec 22 at 16:45
Jim Mack
6,91221731
A related literary term is roman à clef ('story with a key') in which real persons and events are overlaid with fictional persons and events.
answered Dec 22 at 16:45
Jim Mack
6,91221731
answered Dec 22 at 16:45
Jim Mack
6,91221731
answered Dec 22 at 16:45
Jim Mack
6,91221731
answered Dec 22 at 16:45
Jim Mack
6,91221731
6,91221731
Would it still have the same meaning if the characters/events were based on real persons? Or does the characters intrinsically have to be real?
– Rum
Dec 23 at 9:50
1
@Rum - as you can see from the linked definition, the term is a bit flexible and can be used to cover either situation. Usually, it means a thinly disguised account of a real situation and real person(s).
– Jim Mack
Dec 23 at 14:27
add a comment |
Would it still have the same meaning if the characters/events were based on real persons? Or does the characters intrinsically have to be real?
– Rum
Dec 23 at 9:50
1
@Rum - as you can see from the linked definition, the term is a bit flexible and can be used to cover either situation. Usually, it means a thinly disguised account of a real situation and real person(s).
– Jim Mack
Dec 23 at 14:27
Would it still have the same meaning if the characters/events were based on real persons? Or does the characters intrinsically have to be real?
– Rum
Dec 23 at 9:50
Would it still have the same meaning if the characters/events were based on real persons? Or does the characters intrinsically have to be real?
– Rum
Dec 23 at 9:50
1
1
@Rum - as you can see from the linked definition, the term is a bit flexible and can be used to cover either situation. Usually, it means a thinly disguised account of a real situation and real person(s).
– Jim Mack
Dec 23 at 14:27
@Rum - as you can see from the linked definition, the term is a bit flexible and can be used to cover either situation. Usually, it means a thinly disguised account of a real situation and real person(s).
– Jim Mack
Dec 23 at 14:27
add a comment |
allegorise (Am. Eng. allegorize)
Verb, from:
Noun: allegory
figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another.
answered Dec 22 at 17:16
Duckisaduckisaduck
1,255616
Thanks for the word :).
– Rum
Dec 23 at 9:43
add a comment |
allegorise (Am. Eng. allegorize)
Verb, from:
Noun: allegory
figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another.
answered Dec 22 at 17:16
Duckisaduckisaduck
1,255616
Thanks for the word :).
– Rum
Dec 23 at 9:43
add a comment |
allegorise (Am. Eng. allegorize)
Verb, from:
Noun: allegory
figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another.
answered Dec 22 at 17:16
Duckisaduckisaduck
1,255616
allegorise (Am. Eng. allegorize)
Verb, from:
Noun: allegory
figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another.
answered Dec 22 at 17:16
Duckisaduckisaduck
1,255616
answered Dec 22 at 17:16
Duckisaduckisaduck
1,255616
answered Dec 22 at 17:16
Duckisaduckisaduck
1,255616
answered Dec 22 at 17:16
Duckisaduckisaduck
1,255616
1,255616
Thanks for the word :).
– Rum
Dec 23 at 9:43
add a comment |
Thanks for the word :).
– Rum
Dec 23 at 9:43
Thanks for the word :).
– Rum
Dec 23 at 9:43
Thanks for the word :).
– Rum
Dec 23 at 9:43
add a comment |
According to Oxford Living Dictionary:
FACTION
mass noun
A literary and cinematic genre in which real events are used as a basis for a fictional narrative or dramatization.
‘the current vogue for faction seems about to overwhelm narrative history.
'FACTION' is a blend of 'fact' and 'fiction'.
answered Dec 22 at 8:34
user307254
1
5
That’s not a verb meaning ‘turn into fiction’, though.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Dec 22 at 9:42
6
I'm not about to vote down, but I would disagree. Perhaps O.L.D. has incorporated a portmanteau neologism, but "faction" already has a meaning - a group, bloc, party or sect often - but not necessarily - political [thesaurus.com].
– ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
Dec 22 at 11:06
Then we can say there are two homonyms which are the result of convergence of two different words.
– user307254
Dec 22 at 11:29
1
@user307254 - Eventually, maybe, but I don't think we're there yet. As far as I'm concerned the O.L.D. definition is just plain wrong - but I recognise I might just be part of a group, bloc, sect etc. with that view...
– ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
Dec 22 at 12:24
add a comment |
According to Oxford Living Dictionary:
FACTION
mass noun
A literary and cinematic genre in which real events are used as a basis for a fictional narrative or dramatization.
‘the current vogue for faction seems about to overwhelm narrative history.
'FACTION' is a blend of 'fact' and 'fiction'.
answered Dec 22 at 8:34
user307254
1
5
That’s not a verb meaning ‘turn into fiction’, though.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Dec 22 at 9:42
6
I'm not about to vote down, but I would disagree. Perhaps O.L.D. has incorporated a portmanteau neologism, but "faction" already has a meaning - a group, bloc, party or sect often - but not necessarily - political [thesaurus.com].
– ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
Dec 22 at 11:06
Then we can say there are two homonyms which are the result of convergence of two different words.
– user307254
Dec 22 at 11:29
1
@user307254 - Eventually, maybe, but I don't think we're there yet. As far as I'm concerned the O.L.D. definition is just plain wrong - but I recognise I might just be part of a group, bloc, sect etc. with that view...
– ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
Dec 22 at 12:24
add a comment |
According to Oxford Living Dictionary:
FACTION
mass noun
A literary and cinematic genre in which real events are used as a basis for a fictional narrative or dramatization.
‘the current vogue for faction seems about to overwhelm narrative history.
'FACTION' is a blend of 'fact' and 'fiction'.
answered Dec 22 at 8:34
user307254
1
According to Oxford Living Dictionary:
FACTION
mass noun
A literary and cinematic genre in which real events are used as a basis for a fictional narrative or dramatization.
‘the current vogue for faction seems about to overwhelm narrative history.
'FACTION' is a blend of 'fact' and 'fiction'.
answered Dec 22 at 8:34
user307254
1
edited Dec 22 at 8:48
answered Dec 22 at 8:34
user307254
1
answered Dec 22 at 8:34
user307254
1
answered Dec 22 at 8:34
user307254
1
1
5
That’s not a verb meaning ‘turn into fiction’, though.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Dec 22 at 9:42
6
I'm not about to vote down, but I would disagree. Perhaps O.L.D. has incorporated a portmanteau neologism, but "faction" already has a meaning - a group, bloc, party or sect often - but not necessarily - political [thesaurus.com].
– ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
Dec 22 at 11:06
Then we can say there are two homonyms which are the result of convergence of two different words.
– user307254
Dec 22 at 11:29
1
@user307254 - Eventually, maybe, but I don't think we're there yet. As far as I'm concerned the O.L.D. definition is just plain wrong - but I recognise I might just be part of a group, bloc, sect etc. with that view...
– ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
Dec 22 at 12:24
add a comment |
5
That’s not a verb meaning ‘turn into fiction’, though.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Dec 22 at 9:42
6
I'm not about to vote down, but I would disagree. Perhaps O.L.D. has incorporated a portmanteau neologism, but "faction" already has a meaning - a group, bloc, party or sect often - but not necessarily - political [thesaurus.com].
– ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
Dec 22 at 11:06
Then we can say there are two homonyms which are the result of convergence of two different words.
– user307254
Dec 22 at 11:29
1
@user307254 - Eventually, maybe, but I don't think we're there yet. As far as I'm concerned the O.L.D. definition is just plain wrong - but I recognise I might just be part of a group, bloc, sect etc. with that view...
– ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
Dec 22 at 12:24
5
5
That’s not a verb meaning ‘turn into fiction’, though.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Dec 22 at 9:42
That’s not a verb meaning ‘turn into fiction’, though.
– Janus Bahs Jacquet
Dec 22 at 9:42
6
6
I'm not about to vote down, but I would disagree. Perhaps O.L.D. has incorporated a portmanteau neologism, but "faction" already has a meaning - a group, bloc, party or sect often - but not necessarily - political [thesaurus.com].
– ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
Dec 22 at 11:06
I'm not about to vote down, but I would disagree. Perhaps O.L.D. has incorporated a portmanteau neologism, but "faction" already has a meaning - a group, bloc, party or sect often - but not necessarily - political [thesaurus.com].
– ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
Dec 22 at 11:06
Then we can say there are two homonyms which are the result of convergence of two different words.
– user307254
Dec 22 at 11:29
Then we can say there are two homonyms which are the result of convergence of two different words.
– user307254
Dec 22 at 11:29
1
1
@user307254 - Eventually, maybe, but I don't think we're there yet. As far as I'm concerned the O.L.D. definition is just plain wrong - but I recognise I might just be part of a group, bloc, sect etc. with that view...
– ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
Dec 22 at 12:24
@user307254 - Eventually, maybe, but I don't think we're there yet. As far as I'm concerned the O.L.D. definition is just plain wrong - but I recognise I might just be part of a group, bloc, sect etc. with that view...
– ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere
Dec 22 at 12:24
add a comment |
Are you looking for a verb or a term for the genre? Please include an example sentence.
– Tushar Raj
Dec 22 at 9:01
Thank you for asking. Some information will help us to give you the correct answer. Please edit to include the desired register (formality), part of speech, and context in which it is to be used, and if possible provide the exact enclosing sentence or passage. See: “How much research is needed? – EL&U Meta”, “single-word-requests tag wiki”.
– MetaEd♦
Dec 23 at 20:57