conflation
[kuh n-fley-shuh n]
- 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.
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Origin of conflation
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Examples from the Web for conflation
Contemporary Examples
Conflation of the words “intervention” and “invasion” needlessly stymie debate.
The conflation of anti-Semitism and anti-Israel sentiments is nothing new.
Opponents saw her as a Trojan Horse for the ousted president, dubbing her Xiomel, a conflation of the couple's nicknames.
This is a mind-bending level of conflation and oversimplification.
Q. Robert, does the president not have any concern about the conflation of entertainment comedy and politics?
Historical Examples
Conflation 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.
Omissions are now left to us, of which the greater specimens can hardly have been produced by Conflation.
If Dr. Hort's theory of Conflation had been sounder, there would have been no lack of examples.
If his eight picked examples can be thus demolished, then surely the theory of Conflation must be utterly unsound.
Word Origin and History for conflation
n.
1620s, from Late Latin conflationem (nominative conflatio), noun of action from past participle stem of conflare (see conflate).
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