fabulists

noun

plural of fabulist
as in liars
a person who tells lies a once highly admired journalist whose reputation is now that of a disgraced fabulist

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Recent Examples of fabulists The Dowd Voicers are either clueless about the facts or, like their hero Trump, are simply fabulists making up numbers to suit their biased narrative. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 3 May 2026 More than 80 years later, writers, creators, and fabulists in dark corners of the internet are still imagining ways and worlds where Hitler’s genes somehow survived. — Rosemary Counter, Vanity Fair, 19 Jan. 2026 Many people do not know when LLMs are lying to them, which is unsurprising given that the chatbots are very convincing fabulists, serving up slop with unflappable confidence to their unsuspecting audience. — Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
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  1. liars
  2. storytellers
Noun
  • The attempts to save Platner in the high stakes campaign to defeat Republican incumbent Susan Collins involved portraying Platner’s accusers, women, as vengeful liars.
    — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026
  • O'Toole said psychopaths like Heuermann are pathological liars.
    — Jennifer McLogan, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
Definition of liars
Noun
  • Motivating a new generation of animators and storytellers also fuels Buermann.
    — Marah Eakin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The 2027 Spirit Awards will also introduce a new Digital Creator Award category, expanding the celebration to independent storytellers creating original work for digital-first platforms and audiences.
    — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of storytellers

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“Fabulists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fabulists. Accessed 25 Aug. 2026.

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