1. presented as fiction or made into a fictional account, especially when based on real events or people

Examples

• The movie was a fictionalized account of the famous explorer’s life.
• She wrote a fictionalized version of her grandmother’s wartime experiences.
• The novel presents a fictionalized portrait of 1920s Paris.
• Many details in the fictionalized biography were changed to protect privacy.
• The TV series offered a fictionalized look at the political scandal.
• His fictionalized memoir blended real memories with imagined scenes.