fabulist
Americannoun
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a person who invents or recounts fables
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a person who lies or falsifies
Etymology
Origin of fabulist
1585–95; < Middle French fabuliste, equivalent to < fābul ( a ) fable + -iste -ist
Example Sentences
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It takes an unconventional fabulist to address something so vast as American history.
From Los Angeles Times
Over the past several years, Torres has established himself as a premier comic fabulist.
From New York Times
And so, whatever the jurors think of Cohen — truth-teller, fabulist or something in between — the prosecution did not need them to believe his every word.
From Seattle Times
There is no substantive evidence to support his fabulist conspiratorial delusions-fantasies of persecution and other harm.
From Salon
“Mother Doll” isn’t a ghost story but a meticulously layered tale of fabulist historical fiction where the details of the Russian Revolution are related with the same depth of detail as a trip to Disneyland.
From Los Angeles Times
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