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      fictionalize
      verb
      convert into the form or the style of a novel
      make into fiction
      Roots
      fingerefict- · Latin · to shape, form, feign
      Synonyms for fictionalize
      novelizevretellvmythologizevfabulizevnarratevmythicizevfabricatevrecountv
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      The word fictionalize breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root fict-, from Latin fingere (“to shape, form, feign”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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