The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
dramatization \dram`a*ti*za"tion\, n. Act of dramatizing; a dramatic representation. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dramatization n 1: conversion into dramatic form; "the play was a dramatization of a short story" [syn: dramatization, dramatisation] 2: a dramatic representation [syn: dramatization, dramatisation]