roman à clef
noun
ro·man à clef
rō-ˌmä(ⁿ)n-(ˌ)ä-ˈklā
plural romans à clef
rō-ˌmäⁿ-(ˌ)zä-ˈklā
: a novel in which real persons or actual events figure under disguise
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