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What (who) is dramatize - definition
dramatize
![Illustration from a 1909 dramatization of ''[[Master Skylark]]''.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Master Skylark, or, Will Shakespeare's ward - a dramatization from the story of the same name by John Bennett - in five acts (1909) (14752638162).jpg?width=200 "Illustration from a 1909 dramatization of ''[[Master Skylark]]''.")
CREATION OF A DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE OF MATERIAL DEPICTING REAL OR FICTIONAL EVENTS
Dramatisation; Dramatize; Draft:Dramatization
(dramatizes, dramatizing, dramatized)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'dramatise'
1.
If a book or story is dramatized, it is written or presented as a play, film, or television drama.
...an incident later dramatized in the movie 'The Right Stuff'.
...a dramatised version of the novel.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, V-ed
• dramatization (dramatizations)
...a dramatisation of D H Lawrence's novel, 'Lady Chatterley's Lover.'
N-COUNT: with supp
2.
If you say that someone dramatizes a situation or event, you mean that they try to make it seem more serious, more important, or more exciting than it really is.
They have a tendency to show off, to dramatize almost every situation.
= exaggerate
VERB: V n [disapproval]
3.
If something that happens or is done dramatizes a situation, it focuses people's attention on the situation in a dramatic way.
The need for change has been dramatized by plummeting bank profits.
= highlight
VERB: V n
dramatize
CREATION OF A DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE OF MATERIAL DEPICTING REAL OR FICTIONAL EVENTS
Dramatisation; Dramatize; Draft:Dramatization
or dramatise
¦ verb
1. present (a novel, event, etc.) as a play.
2. exaggerate the importance or seriousness of.
Derivatives
dramatization -'ze??(?)n noun
Dramatize
CREATION OF A DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE OF MATERIAL DEPICTING REAL OR FICTIONAL EVENTS
Dramatisation; Dramatize; Draft:Dramatization
·vt To compose in the form of the drama; to represent in a drama; to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, or an historical episode.
Examples of use of dramatize
1. But he doesn‘t have the chops to dramatize historical complexity.
2. "I would not over dramatize problems in our relations," Putin said during a meeting with Tusk.
3. "We are not inclined to dramatize the situation and think markets will be calm.
4. But they also dramatize a larger divide within the community about Islam‘s attitude about free expression.
5. He went out of his way to dramatize his product by courting danger and taking chances.