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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.
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