FICTIONALIZED Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

fictionalized

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Recent Examples of fictionalized Journey to the West presents a fictionalized version of Xuanzang’s pilgrimage, reimagining him as the monk Tang Sanzang, who is accompanied by three supernatural disciples, including Sun Wukong. — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026 The crime thriller has Gray having helmed a semi-fictionalized return to his family life in mid-1980s Queens and is also a companion piece to his 2022 film Armageddon Time. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2026 The film stars renegade country singer Elizabeth Cook as a fictionalized version of herself, portraying an artist navigating midlife while contending with an industry that has never fully embraced her. — Kennedy French, Variety, 28 Apr. 2026 And don’t forget the 2024 film Saturday Night, a fictionalized retelling of how Michaels brought the show into being. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 17 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fictionalized

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It is set in Mano Majra, a fictional village on the new frontier between India and Pakistan, where Sikh and Muslim families have lived together peacefully for generations.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
Joanne Miller is a fictional agent who in the film leads the manhunt for the adult Ted and uses the words in the Unabomber’s manifesto to track him down.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 29 July 2026

Definition of fictional

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But the samurai genre already presupposes a fictitious otherworldly place, and everyday normalcy simply doesn’t exist there, Kurosawa said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
Here are three fictitious, but realistic, examples that reflect how different promotions may work.

— Louis DeNicola, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of fictitious

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Rather than building around a hypothetical future audience, the company is organizing part of an existing global market that sponsors, hospitality companies, travel operators and consumer brands are already trying to reach, and to understand.

— Jacques Ledbetter, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
No society in human history has produced that form of equality, and holding a country up against a hypothetical utopia is a ridiculous standard that no society could ever reach.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 July 2026

Definition of hypothetical

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Outcompeting China also requires publicly funding the basic scientific research that is too speculative to attract private capital.

— Craig Garthwaite, Fortune, 24 July 2026
The speculative nattering kicked in at around the same time the last scrap of golden confetti had found a resting place on the turf at, um, New York New Jersey Stadium.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 24 July 2026

Definition of speculative

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