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fabulist noun[ C ] uk /ˈfæb.jə.lɪst/ us /ˈfæb.jə.lɪst/ someone who writes fables(= short stories that tell a general truth or are only partly based on fact): Aesop is probably the best known fabulist in literature. Classical historians and fabulists have described all-female tribes. disapproving someone who tells lies: 骗子,说谎者 The politician was accused of being a fabulist by his opponents. It's an indictment of our political culture that such a fabulist can be voted into such a powerful post. Numerous fabulists invented stories about enemies of the state. I soon realized that he was a total fabulist and so I treated every word he said with scepticism. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Literature accentual action hero alliterative alternative history anapest fiction fictionality fictionally fictive fictively non-canonical non-character non-literary non-metrical non-poetic sympathetically tanka tartan noir theatrics threnody
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