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conflate Definition

con·flate (kən flāt)

transitive verb -·flat·ed, -·flat·ing

to combine or mix (two variant readings into a single text, etc.)

conflate Usage Examples

Object

  • text: The inclusion of the flight of the angel may actually be the result of the scribe partially conflating the two texts 31.
  • idea: There is also a pronounced tendency to conflate a cultural idea with identities.
  • level: A tendency to conflate two levels of processing in discussions of context effects has caused enormous confusion among both researchers and practitioners.
  • issue: This is probably why many people ( guilty as charged ) tend to conflate the two issues.
  • thing: There are a number of reasons why people conflate things.
  • concept: No, there are plenty of people who conflate the concepts.

Preposition: with

  • death: Either could easily and quickly have been conflated with the annual death and rebirth of the sun.

Used with why or when

  • what: They conflated what was required of the parties in respect of a legal relationship with what was required in respect of litigation.

Modifying Another Word

  • often: We are all painfully familiar with bureaucratic moods, which are often conflated with " policy.
  • also: But you also conflate two sense of " reality " .
  • not: It is vital that we do not conflate today with tomorrow.
  • invariably: The concern of the essays in Featherstone's volume is to disentangle the various threads that such questions invariably conflate.
  • frequently: Despite these distinctions, responsibility is frequently conflated with liability.
  • easily: We know that these two doctrines are easily conflated.

Preposition: in

  • way: In addition, stress, its symptoms and how to measure them have been conflated in ways which are far from helpful.