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dramatization

dramatization

7 4.5
A story changed into a play, film or TV program
  • noun
  • /ˌdræmətəˈzeɪʃən/
translation icon : dramatización
  • 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.

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Examples

  • This film is a dramatization of events that occurred October 1st through the 9th of 2000, in the northern Alaskan town of Nome.

  • 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.

  • Now, there was a dramatization of all of this, and I made an assignment called The China Syndrome.

  • It's a dramatization of many incidents that have happened at Happy Dale.

  • This is this is a sort of dramatization, I guess that's social science too, of a sort.

  • 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

adaptation
vsdramatization
60 3.4

A book, play, or film made from another work to fit a new form

is specifically about changing a story for stage or screen performance
fictionalization
vsdramatization
1 7.7

A story that turns real people or events into made-up ones

keeps the story as a performed version without inventing facts
theatricalization
vsdramatization
8.9

To make something more dramatic and like a stage show

is about fully converting a story into a performed version rather than just adding flair

How Theatrical

spectacle
68 4.2
production
156 3.7
dramatization
7 4.5
adaptation
60 3.4

Surface Forms

dramatization singular

Morphology

dramatization = dramatize (transparent) = drama + ize + ation

Formed by productive suffixation: dramatize (verb) + -ation yields a noun meaning the act or result of adapting into a dramatic form, which is straightforward for learners.

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.