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| biopic |
a biographical film or television program often containing scenes that are fictional in order to fill out the plot and add drama, humor, or suspense to make the real life subject compelling to an audience. |
| fancy |
something pictured in the mind or wished for that may not be based on reason or real life. [1/7 definitions] |
| fictional |
existing only in a made-up story and not existing in real life. |
| grounded |
aware of; concerned with, or experiencing the ordinary problems of real life that most people experience. [1/2 definitions] |
| lifelike |
looking like something in real life. |
| offstage |
relating to real life as opposed to that portrayed in the theater. [1/3 definitions] |
| play |
to act (a role) in real life. [1/22 definitions] |
| poetic justice |
an outcome in real life or fiction in which someone receives a reward or punishment that is peculiarly or ironically appropriate. |
| practical |
having to do with real life and experience rather than theory. [1/3 definitions] |
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