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defictionalizing

defictionalizing is the present participle and gerund of defictionalize.

Meaning of defictionalize

Verb

defictionalize (third-person singular simple present defictionalizes, present participle defictionalizing, simple past and past participle defictionalized)

  1. (transitive) To bring out of the realm of fiction; to associate with the real world.

Questions about defictionalizing

What is defictionalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Defictionalizing is the present participle and gerund of defictionalize.

Words near defictionalizing in the dictionary

  1. defictionalization
  2. defictionalizations
  3. defictionalize
  4. defictionalized
  5. defictionalizes
  6. defictionalizing
  7. defiddle
  8. defie
  9. defied
  10. defied belief
  11. defier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: defictionalizing (page history and authors); defictionalize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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