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dramatisation

dramatisation is the alternative spelling of dramatization.

Meaning of dramatization

Noun

dramatization (countable and uncountable, plural dramatizations)

  1. The act of adapting a literary work for the theatre.
  2. The act of presenting something in a dramatic or melodramatic manner.
  3. A version that has been dramatized.
    • This is a dramatization of life 1000 years ago.

Forms of dramatisation

pluraldramatisations

Origin of dramatisation

From dramatise + -ation.

Words that rhyme with dramatisation

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Questions about dramatisation

What is dramatisation the alternative spelling of?
Dramatisation is the alternative spelling of dramatization.

Words near dramatisation in the dictionary

  1. dramaticules
  2. dramatis persona
  3. dramatis personae
  4. dramatis personæ
  5. dramatisable
  6. dramatisation
  7. dramatisations
  8. dramatise
  9. dramatised
  10. dramatiser
  11. dramatisers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dramatisation (page history and authors); dramatization (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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