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fictionalized

VERB
fake
Synonyms


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Ellis fictionalized his Buckley School years for the novel, originally released as a serialized audiobook on his podcast.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

Prosecutors allege that Matar was motivated by a fatwa that Ayatollah Khomeini, then leader of Iran, issued in 1989 following Rushdie's depiction of a fictionalized Prophet Muhammad in his novel "The Satanic Verses."

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

Mr. Pynchon, a descendant of the colonial family fictionalized in “The House of the Seven Gables,” infuses his chronicle with a modern sense of paranoia and a taste for countercultural heresies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

Other tracks like “Plantación Adentro,” detailed the story of Camilo Manrique, a fictionalized enslaved character who died at the hands of a Spanish colonizer in 1745.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 21, 2026

It's basically Tiny's slightly fictionalized life story, except it is sung, and it is—I mean, I don't use this adjective lightly—the gayest single musical in all of human history.

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan



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