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    docudrama
    /ˈdɒkjʊˌdrɑːmə/

    noun

    • 1. a dramatized television film based on real events: "a convoluted docudrama"

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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › DocudramaDocudrama - Wikipedia

    Docudrama (or documentary drama) is a genre of television and film, which features dramatized re-enactments of actual events. [1] It is described as a hybrid of documentary and drama and "a fact-based representation of real event".

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishDOCUDRAMA | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    DOCUDRAMA definition: 1. a television programme whose story is based on an event or situation that really happened…. Learn more.

  4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › docudramaDocudrama Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of DOCUDRAMA is a drama (as for television) dealing freely with historical events especially of a recent and controversial nature. How to use docudrama in a sentence.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishDOCUDRAMA definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    A docudrama is a film based on events that really happened. Docudramas are usually shown on television rather than in cinemas.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryDOCUDRAMA | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    DOCUDRAMA meaning: 1. a television programme whose story is based on an event or situation that really happened…. Learn more.

  7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › docudramaDocudrama - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    A fictional movie or TV show that's closely based on a true story can be called a docudrama. All The President's Men is a docudrama about the Watergate scandal. The term docudrama was first used in American English during the 1950s, from documentary and drama.

  8. www.oed.com › dictionary › docudrama_ndocudrama, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English...

    OED's earliest evidence for docudrama is from 1961, in Britannica Book of Year. docudrama is formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: documentary adj. , drama n.

  9. www.thefreedictionary.com › docudramaDocudrama - definition of docudrama by The Free Dictionary

    Define docudrama. docudrama synonyms, docudrama pronunciation, docudrama translation, English dictionary definition of docudrama. n. A television or movie dramatization of events based on fact. doc′u·dram′a·tist n.

  10. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryAll resources related to 'docudrama' - Collins Online Dictionary

    Definitions of 'docudrama' A docudrama is a movie based on events that really happened. Docudramas are usually shown on television rather than in movie theaters.

  11. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › docudramadocudrama - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    docudrama (plural docudramas) A type of drama (a film, a television show, or a play) that combines elements of documentary and drama, to some extent showing real events and to some extent using actors performing recreations of documented events. Coordinate term: docufiction.