unreliable narrator
noun
a narrator, especially in a work of fiction, whose version of events cannot be completely trusted.
unreliable narrators
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pluralof unreliable narrator.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"I feel like, when our motivations are invisible, even to ourselves, all of us are unreliable narrators," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2025
As the author of a history of autism called NeuroTribes, I’d fought against the idea that autistic people are unreliable narrators of their own lives.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 12, 2023
Ms. Song, who has interviewed numerous North Korean defectors, noted that the country’s refugees are often unreliable narrators of their own experiences.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
But its underlying mission, that we all have a story to tell and we’re all perhaps unreliable narrators, is something uniquely suited to interactive drama, where we can select which tales to follow and investigate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
They are competing perspectives of various unreliable narrators, each approaching a shared history with their own agenda.
From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2022
