Conflate

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /kÉ™nˈfleɪt/, /kÉ’nˈfleɪt/
• US IPA: /kÉ™nˈfleɪt/
• Rhymes: -eɪt

Origin

1541

The Online Etymology Dictionary (2001)

from Latin cōnflātus, from cōnflō ("fuse, melt, or blow together"); cōn ("with, together") + flō ("blow").

Full definition of conflate

Verb

1. To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate; to treat as equivalent.
2. To bring things together and fuse them into a single entity.
3. To mix together different elements.

Synonyms

• (to bring together) fuse, meld
• (mix together) mix, blend, coalesce, commingle, flux, immix, merge

Adjective

1. (biblical criticism) Combining elements from multiple versions of the same text.
• 1999, Emanuel Tov, The Greek and Hebrew Bible: Collected Essays on the SeptuagintWhy the redactor created this conflate version, despite its inconsistencies, is a matter of conjecture.

Noun

1. (biblical criticism) A conflate text.

Anagrams

• falconet