[responsivevoice] conflation [/responsivevoice] [ kuh n-fley-shuh n ]
The word of the day is ‘conflation’.
The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence.
No, the word is a noun. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Fusion
2. The merging of two or more sets of information, texts, ideas, etc. into one
3. A blowing together, as of many instruments in a concert
4. Combination
1. For a considerable period, we find a religion prevalent among the common people, which is simply a conflation of the two religions.
2. The Academica, as they have come down to us, is a conflation from the two editions of this work.
3. Conflation is the combination of two (or more) different expressions into one.
4. We are facing the forceful conflation of two traditions.
5. It is vital that we do not conflate today with tomorrow.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
fusion, pluralism, ethnic diversity, multiculturalism, combination, amalgamate, amalgamation, fusion, amalgam, mixture, meld, conjoining, conflates, synthesis, merger, mix, rendering, rendition, reading, text, edition, version, unifier, agglutination, incorporation, syncretism, integration, cohesion, conjunction, junction, juncture, union, adhesion, coalition, confluence, connection, association, league, unification, alliance, coalescence, confederacy, coupling, unity, conflate, combine, coalesce, desegregate, etc.
break down, break up, separate, unmix, cleave, disjoin, disunite, divide, divorce, part, rupture, sever, disperse, dissolve, scatter
detach, disengage, split
Quotation:
The conflation of the simple in style with the morally prescriptive in character, and the complex in style with the amoral or anarchic in character, seems to me one of the most persistently fallacious beliefs held by English students.
Zadie Smith
Social Example:
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