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conflation

noun

con·​fla·​tion kən-ˈflā-shən How to pronounce conflation (audio)
plural conflations
: the action or result of conflating:
a(1)
: blend, fusion
What needs to be highlighted is the power that the state wields through conflations of people and place, and policies and programs. Thomas Klak
(2)
: confusion
The conflation of lie and lay is an old problem and, admittedly, an understandable one. Cullen Murphy
Clearly the dominant American culture confuses us Mennonites with the Amish, who in fact began as an insurgent faction rebelling from the Mennonites. America's conflation is reasonable, since the Mennonites and the Amish have historically overlapped in many lifestyle choices. Rhoda Janzen
b
: a composite reading or text
But this book is not simply a conflation of old dispatches from one of the world's forgotten trouble spots. William Boyd

Synonyms

Example Sentences

the word “robustious” is probably a conflation of “robust” and “boisterous”
Recent Examples on the Web Among other things, the conflation of Christianity and Republican politics fostered by political elites and powerfully felt at the grassroots level is encouraging absolutism on the right. Jonathan Stevenson, The New York Review of Books, 7 Sep. 2022 Is this, maybe, an undesirable conflation of politics and fandom, and exactly the kind of behavior for which liberals look down at Trump supporters? Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2022 The resulting Manichean struggle between this gaggle of Frasier Cranes and their own personal trailer-park boy underscores the former’s false conflation of material goods with meaningful ideals. Adrienne Matei, The Atlantic, 26 July 2022 Challenges around secure distribution and usage of this data, conflation with other sources and standardization will become ever more critical for widespread adoption. Emiliano Kargieman, Forbes, 29 June 2022 The simulation hypothesis, stripped of the probabilities and its conflation with technology, is the oldest hypothesis in the book. Jason Kehe, Wired, 9 Mar. 2022 And so, to me that area represents many historical moments and the conflation of different realities. Tananarive Due, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2022 What Alito dismisses as a conceptual conflation is better understood as a necessary alliance. Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022 Even putting aside the inaccurate and dangerous conflation of genetic ancestry and race, the shooter’s argument is just bad, utterly invalid science. Robbee Wedow, Scientific American, 26 May 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1625, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of conflation was in 1625

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