conflation
Americannoun
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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.
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the text resulting from such a combination.
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Etymology
Origin of conflation
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Late Latin word conflātiō. See conflate, -ion
Example Sentences
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Yet Edward soon recoiled from this facile conflation, transferring a year later, in 1900, to the New York School of Art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
A dreamy conflation of 1970s soft rock and 80s new wave hooks, it was heralded by the smash hit As It Was, and was showered with awards.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026
Could there be a more emphatic conflation of symbolic maleness and brute force?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025
That conflation, he says, threatens to blind people to the real threat.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2024
Probably we have a conflation of two incidents.
From The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran Translations Of Christian Literature. Series V. Lives Of The Celtic Saints by R.A. Stewart MacAlister
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