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Meaning of conflating

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

conflating

verb

Definitions

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

    Synonyms:fusemeld
  2. To mix together different elements.

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

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

    Synonyms:confuselump togethermix up