dramatization
- noun
- /ˌdræmətəˈzeɪʃən/
- There will always be a market in democracy for dramatizations of those ills or dangers with which the majority can identify.
And then we knew there was, you know, I'd always saw, I'd always saw the Night Stalker story probably was a better story for dramatisation in some ways.
- And then we knew there was, you know, I'd always saw, I'd always saw the Night Stalker story probably was a better story for dramatisation in some ways.
- I'm not, I'm slightly uncomfortable with the dramatization of anything.
- And now when you see it like the seasons that you were watching, it's almost like a dramatization of the show.
- I'm not sure if it's because of the dramatization of film and TV and the way that our generation has looked at it, but for me, it was more than that.
Examples
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This film is a dramatization of events that occurred October 1st through the 9th of 2000, in the northern Alaskan town of Nome.
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I'm not, I'm slightly uncomfortable with the dramatization of anything.
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And now when you see it like the seasons that you were watching, it's almost like a dramatization of the show.
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Now, there was a dramatization of all of this, and I made an assignment called The China Syndrome.
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It's a dramatization of many incidents that have happened at Happy Dale.
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This is this is a sort of dramatization, I guess that's social science too, of a sort.
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Children need to let their imaginations roam through stories, dramatizations, play, and art.
Academic text (1998) -
The report ended with a reminder that the true crime dramatization of Nan Sheridan's death was being repeated at eight o'clock.
Fiction book (1991) -
On this basis, the play appears to be a thinly veiled Christianized dramatization of a sacrificial rite.
Academic text (1990) -
The film is a powerful dramatization of the true events that led to the uprising.
Synonyms
A book, play, or film made from another work to fit a new form
A story that turns real people or events into made-up ones
To make something more dramatic and like a stage show
How Theatrical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dramatization comes from the word drama, which originally meant 'action' or a 'play', and from the parts -ize and -ation, which mean 'to make' and 'the result or process'. So a dramatization is the making of a story into a play, film, or TV program.