noun
definition
(biblical criticism) A conflate text, one which conflates multiple version of a text together.
verb
definition
To bring (things) together and fuse (them) into a single entity.
synonyms
definition
To mix together different elements.
synonyms
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(by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.
example
“Bacon was Lord Chancellor of England and the first European to experiment with gunpowder.” — “No, you are conflating Francis Bacon and Roger Bacon.”
synonyms
adjective
definition
(biblical criticism) Combining elements from multiple versions of the same text.
Examples of conflate in a Sentence
It is vital that we do not conflate today with tomorrow.
To conflate the two is to commit a category mistake (Ryle, 1949 ).
The concern of the essays in Featherstone's volume is to disentangle the various threads that such questions invariably conflate.
They conflate pleasurable responses of a sexually titillating nature and other agreeably sensuous pleasures with the pleasurable response evoked by beauty.
But you also conflate two sense of " reality " .
For as we have already seen (see diagram above) aef were early influenced by a, and d is conflate in character.