Conflate

Word CONFLATE
Character 8
Hyphenation con flate
Pronunciations /kɒnˈfleɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Conflate"

What do we mean by conflate?

To bring together; meld or fuse. transitive verb

To combine (two variant texts, for example) into one whole. transitive verb

To blow together; bring together as if by convergent winds.

In diplomatics, to form by inadvertent combination of two readings of the same words. See conflation, 3.

Blown together; wafted together from several sources; heterogeneous.

In diplomatics, marked by conflation; inadvertently formed by combining two different readings into one: as, a conflate text or passage.

To blow together; to bring together; to collect; to fuse together; to join or weld; to consolidate. transitive verb

To ignore distinctions between, by treating two or more distinguishable objects or ideas as one; to confuse. transitive verb

To bring things together and fuse them into a single entity. verb

To mix together different elements. verb

Mix together different elements verb

(biblical criticism) A conflate text, one which conflates multiple version of a text together.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Conflate

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The word "conflate" in example sentences

In order to present the Táin in its completest form, however, I have adopted the novel plan of incorporating in the LL. account the translations of what are known as conflate readings. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

So I do equate (not "conflate") Johnson and Bond in this context: Some Black "prominent" people (some of them from the civil rights movement era) have seemingly found it difficult to break away from the (hopefully, now past) paternalistic relationship carved out with "the Clintons" over time. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When she used the word "conflate" at a principals 'meeting, she was mocked for academic jargon. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Goolsbee said it was important not to "conflate" the short-term deterioration in the budget picture, which he said was a result of economic crisis, and long-term budget challenges. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Heart, you’re conflating two things I don’t conflate, which is my “endorsement” of a feminist’s writing and whether or not I can deal with interacting with them on “Alas.” ❋ Unknown (2006)

They "conflate" the scientific issue with the beliefs of those asked. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The word "conflate" means "to bring together" - and that's exactly what Judge Jones tried to do with respect to ID and fundamentalism. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We have not made this assignment on the basis of the beliefs or behavior of individual respondents, so as not to conflate belonging with the other dimensions of religiosity. ❋ Robert D. Putnam (2010)

Whether by intention or not, politicians and media have managed to conflate a host of election administration problems under the umbrella of "voter fraud" -- a move which has fueled a Republican-backed campaign across multiple states to pass voter ID laws. ❋ Victoria Coats (2011)

These are my own aesthetic preferences, which as a descriptivist I consider myself free to discuss, but not to conflate with facts about what is right and wrong. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Lewis does tend to conflate state budget problems with local problems, and current crises with future crises. ❋ William Bradley (2011)

But I would still define what we had as a close friendship -- I didn't conflate love, friendship and desire after all, I grew up in a flexible French/Spanish milieu with the permanent acquisition of real estate. ❋ Barbara Probst Solomon (2011)

If he gets to conflate the Symbionese Liberation Army with modern liberalism, then it is fair and apt to link the KKK with conservatism. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But perhaps the disconnect in the public mind occurs when they conflate the treatment of mental disorders with curing mental disorders. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Despite this advice, the campaign repeatedly sought to conflate the two. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Cross Reference for Conflate

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What does conflate mean?

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