Conflate

Quick meaning: Conflate is a verb meaning To combine or mix together.

Meaning

To combine or mix together.

More Meanings

1. (by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.
2. (biblical criticism) Combining elements from multiple versions of the same text.
3. (biblical criticism) A conflate text, one which conflates multiple version of a text together.
4. (by extension) To deliberately draw a false equivalence or association, typically in a tacit or implicit manner as propaganda and/or an intentional distortion or misrepresentation of the subject matter.

Example Sentences

Why the redactor created this conflate version, despite its inconsistencies, is a matter of conjecture.

“We must stop conflating selectivity with excellence. We must stop correlating prestige with privilege,” he said.

But again, this conflates global geographic variation with race, says Alan Goodman, a biological anthropologist at Hampshire College.

“Bacon was Lord Chancellor of England and the first European to experiment with gunpowder.” — “No, you are conflating Francis Bacon and Roger Bacon.”

Word Forms

• conflates
• conflating
• conflated

Synonyms for conflate

Depending on context, synonyms include mix, blend, coalesce, commingle, flux, immix.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include meld, merge, coalesce, combine, commingle, blend.

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