conflate

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /kənˈfleɪt/, /kɒnˈfleɪt/
• (America) IPA: /kənˈfleɪt/

Verb

conflate (conflates, present participle conflating; past and past participle conflated)

1. To bring (things) together and fuse (them) into a single entity.

   Synonyms: fuse, meld

2. To mix together different elements.

   Synonyms: mix, blend, coalesce, commingle, flux, immix, merge, amalgamate

3. (by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.

   Synonyms: confuse, mix up

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

Related terms

• conflation

Translations

• French: amalgamer, confondre
• German: verbinden, vereinigen, verschmelzen
• Portuguese: unir, juntar, fundir
• Russian: соединя́ть
• Spanish: amalgamar, unir

Translations

• Portuguese: misturar

Translations

• French: confondre
• German: verwechseln
• Italian: confondere
• Portuguese: confundir, equiparar
• Spanish: confundir

Adjective

conflate (not comparable)

1. (biblical criticism) Combining elements from multiple versions of the same text.
   • 1999, Emanuel Tov, The Greek and Hebrew Bible: Collected Essays on the Septuagint:

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

Noun

conflate (plural conflates)

1. (biblical criticism) A conflate text, one which conflates multiple version of a text together.

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