conflate
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.
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