conflation

Example Sentences

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An obsession which, as he very publicly wrote to the Norwegian prime minister, is related to the fact that he wasn’t awarded the Nobel Peace Prize—a bizarre conflation, given that Greenland is a Danish territory, not a Norwegian one.

From Slate

A dreamy conflation of 1970s soft rock and 80s new wave hooks, it was heralded by the smash hit As It Was, and was showered with awards.

From BBC

Berry said use of the term “narco-terrorism” has oversimplified the “diverse and context-specific connections” between the drug industry and global terrorism, and as a result “led to the conflation of counter-narcotics and counter-terrorism efforts, frequently resulting in hyper-militarised and ineffective policy responses.”

From Los Angeles Times

What felt absurd in 2013 looks uncannily familiar now: the obsession with purity, the conflation of wellness with luxury, the belief that food is never just food but a lifestyle choice, a status symbol, a moral performance.

From Salon

His professional unease is echoed by the novel’s gently surreal bending of time and space and its metaphorical conflation of life and film.

From Los Angeles Times