conflate means combining elements from multiple versions of the same text. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 68 out of 100.
conflate is pronounced /kənˈfleɪt/.
Etymology
Attested since 1541: from Latin cōnflātus, past passive participle of cōnflō (“fuse, kindle, blow together”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
adj
- Combining elements from multiple versions of the same text.“Why the redactor created this conflate version, despite its inconsistencies, is a matter of conjecture.”
noun
- A conflate text, one which conflates multiple version of a text together.
verb
- To combine or mix together.
- To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.““Bacon was Lord Chancellor of England and the first European to experiment with gunpowder.” — “No, you are conflating Francis Bacon and Roger Bacon.””
- To deliberately draw a false equivalence or association, typically in a tacit or implicit manner as propaganda and/or an intentional distortion or misrepresentation of the subject matter.“But in reality, the order simply furthers the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant policies by continuing to conflate immigration issues with criminal ones.”