conflation
Meaning
- (countable) A blowing or fusing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.
- (uncountable) A blend or fusion, especially a composite reading or text formed by combining the material of two or more texts into a single text.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/kənˈfleɪʃən/
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin cōnflātiō, from Latin cōnflātus. By surface analysis, conflate + -ion.
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