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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“Wuthering Heights” knew what it was about, and Brontë, despite her lack of firsthand experience in love, had the scripts of normative femininity dead to rights with the book’s relentless conflation of love and torment.
From Salon • Feb. 21, 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
We all should — and must — loudly reject antisemitism, Islamophobia and conflation of people and governments.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2023
The confusion here, I think, stems from the earlier medieval conflation of sorcery with heresy.
From Slate • Oct. 29, 2023
The “action” may be a conflation of two different episodes involving the Trumbull, neither of them early in the war: the first was in June 1780, the second in late August 1781.
From Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father by Mitchell, I. (Isaac)
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