fabulist

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It takes an unconventional fabulist to address something so vast as American history.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2025

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 • May 19, 2024

It doesn’t need a fact checker so much as a fabulist.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2024

Embattled fabulist Rep. George Santos is staring down a potential vote to expel him from Congress.

From Slate • Oct. 31, 2023

Less excusably than La Fontaine, the Greek fabulist wrote of the Cigale of the books, instead of interrogating the living Cigale, whose cymbals were resounding on every side; careless of the real, he followed tradition.

From Social Life in the Insect World by Miall, Bernard