a once highly admired journalist whose reputation is now that of a disgraced fabulist
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For Smith, in his hopes and oversights, was a fabulist as much as a scientist, a man doing theology as surely as economics.—Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026 Rather than go full creator in his commutation push, the fabulist opted for a less viral form of media: newspaper op-eds, placing them in The South Shore Press, a Long Island rag.—Andrew Zucker, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 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 Her story remains fractured—saint, prophet, brand, fabulist—but her status as one of modernism’s most disruptive figures is secure.—Alice Gregory, New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fabulist
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Etymology
probably borrowed from Middle French fabuliste, from Latin fābula "talk, account, fable entry 1" + French -iste-ist entry 1