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dramatization

noun dra·ma·ti·za·tion

Medical Definition of DRAMATIZATION

:  the transformation which in psychoanalytic theory the underlying dream thoughts undergo into dramatic and pictorial form before they can take part in the actual dream

Variants of DRAMATIZATION

dra·ma·ti·za·tion or British dra·ma·ti·sa·tion \ˌdram-ət-ə-ˈzā-shən, ˌdräm-\

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