conflate
Meaning of conflate
noun
(biblical criticism) A conflate text, one which conflates multiple version of a text together.
verb- To bring (things) together and fuse (them) into a single entity.
- To mix together different elements.
- (by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.
“Bacon was Lord Chancellor of England and the first European to experiment with gunpowder.” — “No, you are conflating Francis Bacon and Roger Bacon.”
adjective
(biblical criticism) Combining elements from multiple versions of the same text.
Information about conflate
- The plural form of conflate is: conflates.
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Hyphenation of conflate
con-flate
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- conflate is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
conflate synonyms
Meaning blend:
blend, flux, mix, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge
Meaning :
Translation of conflate
- French: mélanger, combiner, mêler, amalgamer, entremêler
- German: mischen, vermischen, zusammenmischen
- Italian: mischiare, fondere, combinare
- Spanish: mezclar, combinar, fundir, fusionar, amalgamar
Anagrams of conflate
Words that rhyme with conflate
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