dramatization
noun
dra·ma·ti·za·tion
ˌdra-mə-tə-ˈzā-shən 
ˌdrä-
1
: the action of dramatizing
2
: a dramatized version (as of a novel)
Examples of dramatization in a Sentence
a dramatization of a true story
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Unveiled with three weeks until the general election, the two-parter is a dramatization of the story behind and occasion of Thatcher’s last TV interview, the hugely damaging ITV grilling by her old friend Brian Walden (Coogan), which some view as the final nail in her prime ministerial coffin.
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 June 2024
As Netflix confronts a torrent of defamation lawsuits, a steadily growing body of case law is chipping away at legal protections once thought to provide sweeping cover for dramatizations.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 June 2024
Villeneuve returned to feature films after nearly a decade away with a dramatization of the École Polytechnique massacre, a 1989 incident in which a man driven by misogynist motivations and armed with an assault rifle killed 14 women and injured 14 of their fellow students at a Montreal university.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2024
This remains a dramatization of the Sterling scandal and the creators never promised the audience a documentary.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 June 2024
As Netflix confronts a torrent of defamation lawsuits, a steadily growing body of case law is chipping away at legal protections once thought to provide sweeping cover for dramatizations.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 June 2024
Villeneuve returned to feature films after nearly a decade away with a dramatization of the École Polytechnique massacre, a 1989 incident in which a man driven by misogynist motivations and armed with an assault rifle killed 14 women and injured 14 of their fellow students at a Montreal university.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2024
This remains a dramatization of the Sterling scandal and the creators never promised the audience a documentary.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2024
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dramatization
noun
dra·ma·ti·za·tion
variants
or British dramatisation
: the transformation which in psychoanalytic theory the underlying dream thoughts undergo into dramatic and pictorial form before they can take part in the actual dream
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