fabulist
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- noun
- /ˈfæbjəlɪst/
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fabulista
- Archilochus, the Greek fabulist, once said, "The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.
Examples
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Beginning in 1939 with the confessional El pozo, a memoir related by the self-conscious fabulist Linacero, Onetti undertook to expose the world of the writer's imagination as one that comes alive only in the telling.
Academic text (1996) -
As a renowned fabulist, she wove imaginative stories that often taught valuable life lessons.
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There would be no higher point in the life of a fabulist.
Fiction book (1996) -
You're just another internet fabulist.
Blog text (9) -
Instead of losing another Mefite to suicide, Metafilter is well rid of a narcissistic fabulist.
Blog text (13) -
The framing of the story and the subsequent emplacing of brief lives are again present, however, and the fabulist will once more spin out his telling tale.
Academic text (1996) -
His settings tend to be exotic, and his themes are intimately concerned with myth and legend. Michael is a fabulist who blends the elements of history, romance, myth, legend, magical realism, and cartoon.
Fiction book (1995) -
An entire fabulist world, replete with kings and queens descended from traditional folklore, and recounted by and for a disgruntled and disenfranchised proletariat, has emerged through hip-hop.
Blog text (10) -
The charming tales of the fabulist captivated audiences of all ages.
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In his role as a fabulist, he created enchanting narratives that blurred the lines between reality and fantasy.
Synonyms
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A person who makes up lies to trick people
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A person who makes up stories to trick people
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A person or organization who makes and spreads stories people believe are true
A person who invents stories for books or to mislead people
A person who makes up false or exaggerated stories and says they are true
A person who tells lies to trick or amuse people
Antonyms
How Fanciful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word fabulist comes from the same root as fable, from the Latin word fabula meaning 'story' or 'talk', and the -ist ending means a person who does something. So a fabulist is a person who 'tells stories' or 'makes up' tales, often imaginative or not always true.