conflate
pronunciation
How to pronounce conflate in British English:
UK [kənˈfleɪt]
How to pronounce conflate in American English:
US [kənˈflet]
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- Verb:
- mix together different elements
Word Origin
- conflate (v.)
- 1540s, from Latin conflat-, past participle stem of conflare "to blow up, kindle, light; bring together, compose," also "to melt together," literally "to blow together," from com- "with" (see com-) + flare "to blow" (see blow (v.1)).
Example
- 1. Second , it is too easy to conflate the rise of china with the rise of asia .
- 2. What happens when language and the visual arts conflate ?
- 3. Once you conflate sovereign and financial sector risk , the situation becomes more complicated .
- 4. As the attacks mounted against castresana he became increasingly paranoid and appeared to conflate legitimate critiques with dirty reprisals .
- 5. If you want to defend liberalism , then defend it , but why conflate your love for certain values with love for a certain country ?