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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fabulists
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O'Toole said psychopaths like Heuermann are pathological liars.—
Jennifer McLogan,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Debbie Fox, a retiree in Arvada, had met some liars on dating apps before.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Already attracting attention from filmmakers, documentary creators, and visual storytellers in Cannes, the Osmo Pocket 4P is designed for agile production workflows and mobile-first filmmaking.—
Deadline,
Deadline,
20 May 2026
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The event, put on as part of Tribeca’s Storytellers Series, is set for June 7 at the Tribeca Festival‘s hub at Spring Studios and will see Taylor diving into discussions around mentorship, creative leadership and opportunities for female storytellers.—
Kirsten Chuba,
HollywoodReporter,
19 May 2026
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“Fabulists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fabulists. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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