conflate
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- conflation noun
Etymology
Origin of conflate
First recorded in 1600–10; from Latin conflātus “fused together,” past participle of conflāre “to fuse together,” from con- con- + flāre “to blow” ( blow 2 )
Example Sentences
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You see this sort of language used when people conflate various definitions of globalism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
It does us no favors to conflate the important gains in racial progress among Gen Z with the real evidence of the impact of the manosphere and red-pill communities.
From Slate • Jan. 6, 2026
From a human-resources perspective, it makes little sense to effectively conflate vacation days with work-from-home days, and it also seems to run counter to promoting goodwill.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 28, 2025
A central challenge of our time is that many have come to conflate what’s possible with what’s probable.
From Salon • May 20, 2025
They will argue, and I agree, that the use of the term "property" can cause people mistakenly to conflate these rights with those to physical property.
From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by Boyle, James
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