Definition of Novelization

1. Noun. Converting something into the form of a novel.

Exact synonyms: Novelisation
Generic synonyms: Authorship, Composition, Penning, Writing
Derivative terms: Novelise, Novelize

Definition of Novelization

1. Noun. The writing of a novel based on fact; fictionalization. ¹

2. Noun. A text novel that is an adaptation of a story from a visual medium such as film. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Novelization

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Novelization

novelettes
novelettish
novelisation
novelisations
novelise
novelised
novelises
novelish
novelising
novelism
novelisms
novelist
novelistic
novelistically
novelists
novelization (current term)
novelizations
novelize
novelized
novelizer
novelizers
novelizes
novelizing
novella
novellae
novellas
novelle
novellike
novelly
novelries

Literary usage of Novelization

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The circular staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart (1908)
"This is a novelization of the immensely successful play which raft (tor two years in New York and Chicago. The plot of this powerful novel is of a young ..."

2. Modern Drama and Opera: Reading Lists on the Works of Various Authors by Clara A. Mulliken Norton, Frank Keller Walter, Fanny Elsie Marquand, Archibald Henderson (1915)
"Dramatization of novels and the novelization of plays. (See Lippincott's mag., 99: 319-26, Mar., 1914.) "In time, it seems highly probable that the reading ..."

3. The Third Degree: A Narrative of Metropolitan Life by Charles Klein, Arthur Hornblow (1909)
"This is a novelization of the immensely successful play which ran for two years in New York and Chicago. The plot of this powerful novel is of a young ..."

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