conflation
the process or result of fusing items into one entity; fusion; amalgamation.
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the combination of two variant texts into a new one.
the text resulting from such a combination.
Origin of conflation
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How to use conflation in a sentence
In this regard, we should recognize that confusion, conflation, and uncertainty are prerequisites for disruption.
The Metaverse Will Reshape Our Lives. Let's Make Sure It's for the Better | Matthew Ball | July 18, 2022 | TimeIn that regard, Radegast might have been a conflation of the god Svarog.
The Most Enigmatic Slavic Gods and Goddesses | Dattatreya Mandal | March 13, 2022 | Realm of HistoryScientists on both sides of the invasive species debate agree this conflation is problematic.
The problem with this conflation became clear when I looked into the building depicted in the aforementioned Camden TikTok video.
It’s interesting that today, again, we have this conflation between critical race theory, in the same way that the burgeoning Civil Rights movement and communism were being conflated.
Florida Guv’s School Crackdown Is a Red Scare Throwback | Kelly Weill | June 24, 2021 | The Daily Beast
conflation of the words “intervention” and “invasion” needlessly stymie debate.
Duggar is playing on the old and false conservative conflation of non-heteronormativity with criminal deviancy.
Michelle Duggar Is Making Transphobic Robocalls | Lizzie Crocker | August 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe conflation of anti-Semitism and anti-Israel sentiments is nothing new.
Is Twitter Trolling Making the Israel-Palestine Conflict Worse? | Emily Shire | July 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFrom a political perspective, the erroneous but strategic conflation of inequality and mobility makes obvious sense.
Opponents saw her as a Trojan Horse for the ousted president, dubbing her Xiomel, a conflation of the couple's nicknames.
Honduras Presidential Election Passes Over Chavez Loyalists | Mac Margolis | November 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Academica, as they have come down to us, are a conflation from the two editions of this work.
For a considerable period we find a religion prevalent among the common people, which is simply a conflation of the two religions.
The Evolution of Old Testament Religion | W. E. OrchardIt is quite obvious that the story as we have it is a conflation of two versions of the anecdote.
The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran | Anonymousconflation is the combination of two (or more) different expressions into one.
Of these classes, it is evident that conflation has nothing to do with Additions or Transpositions.
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