conflation

[ kuhn-fley-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. the process or result of fusing items into one entity; fusion; amalgamation.

  2. Bibliography.

    • the combination of two variant texts into a new one.

    • the text resulting from such a combination.

Origin of conflation

1
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Late Latin word conflātiō.See conflate, -ion

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