conflation
Example Sentences
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"I used wording that conflates the actions of the state of Israel with the Jewish community. I am deeply sorry for any hurt caused by that conflation and apologise for any hurt caused by it."
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
“Wuthering Heights” knew what it was about, and Brontë, despite her lack of firsthand experience in love, had the scripts of normative femininity dead to rights with the book’s relentless conflation of love and torment.
From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2026
Could there be a more emphatic conflation of symbolic maleness and brute force?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2025
“The situation is becoming ever more complex with the conflation of ethnic and regional disputes with the agenda and operations of these groups,” they said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
How could conflation, or mixture, account for occurrence of the last cry in St. Mark xv.
From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by John William Burgon
