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Conflation

/kənˈfleɪʃən/

A blowing or fusing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.

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noun

1
A blowing or fusing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.
2
A blend or fusion, especially a composite reading or text formed by combining the material of two or more texts into a single text.
"The conflation of the legitimate and peaceful expression of nationalist beliefs with acts of terrorism and other crimes"

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Conflation"

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Word	Definition
mergenoun	(transitive, intransitive) To combine into a whole.
mergernoun	(economics) The legal union of two or more corporations into a single entity, typically assets and liabilities being assumed by the buying party.
mergingnoun	The act, or the result, of being merged.
amalgamationnoun	The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.
consolidationnoun	The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated.
blendingnoun	The act or result of something being blended.
fusionnoun	The act of merging separate things, or the result thereof.
meltdownnoun	(informal) A tantrum or emotional outburst.
meltingnoun	The process of changing the state of a substance from solid to liquid by heating it past its melting point.
smeltingnoun	(metallurgy) The process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore.
stitchingnoun	Stitches, collectively.
amalgamnoun	A combination of different things.
cofusionnoun	Alternative form of co-fusion. [The fusion of two metals together, or a metal and nonmetal, especially in the production of crucible steel.]
colliquefactionnoun	(obsolete) A melting together; the reduction of different bodies into one mass by fusion.
comminglingnoun	A mixing or mixture.
fusingnoun	Synonym of fusion.
confluxnoun	A convergence or moving gathering of forces, people, or things.
coinfusionnoun	An infusion of two or more materials
confluencenoun	The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.
concoursenoun	A large open space in or in front of a building where people can gather, particularly one joining various paths, as in a rail station or airport terminal, or providing access to and linking the platforms in a railway terminus.