docudrama
[ dok-yuh-drah-muh, -dram-uh ]
/ ˈdɒk yəˌdrɑ mə, -ˌdræm ə /
noun Television.
a fictionalized drama based primarily on actual events.
Origin of docudrama
First recorded in 1960–65;
docu(mentary) +
drama
OTHER WORDS FROM docudrama
doc·u·dram·a·tist [dok-yuh-dram-uh-tist, -drah-muh-] /ˈdɒk yəˌdræm ə tɪst, -ˌdrɑ mə-/, nounWords nearby docudrama
doctrinaire,
doctrinal,
doctrine,
doctrine of descent,
docu-soap,
docudrama,
document,
document reader,
documentalist,
documentarian,
documentary
Example sentences from the Web for docudrama
Over the phone, she tells me how NYC Prep was sold to her and her similarly privileged peers as a docudrama.
The Surreal Genius of Bravo’s Rich Kids Docudrama ‘NYC Prep’ |Amy Zimmerman |April 23, 2014 |DAILY BEASTPerhaps because it has been covered so exhaustively, even the 9/11 chapter seems like a docudrama we've already watched.
Sarah Palin and reality-TV titan Mark Burnett are about to collaborate on a “docudrama” about Alaska?
British Dictionary definitions for docudrama
docudrama
/ (ˈdɒkjʊˌdrɑːmə) /
noun
a film or television programme based on true events, presented in a dramatized form