conflation

Example Sentences

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To untangle the destructive conflation of church and state, evangelicals — the most partisan religious incarnation of White conservatives — must rethink their approach and their objectives.

From Washington Post

The opera’s conflation of insanity and homosexuality has long been one of its problems, but Warlikowski helps slightly by treating Junior’s queerness as coincident with, rather than the cause of, his arrested development.

From New York Times

In “Human Development,” a recent Stanford grad grapples with the cultural responsibility of dating another Khmer man against the backdrop of Bay Area tech’s dubious conflation with social progress.

From Washington Post

The criticism of Biles betrays unfounded expectations of hero worship, conflation of mental health/mental preparedness, and misogyny.

From Los Angeles Times

This exact conflation of meat and masculinity is also soundly interwoven throughout American politics.

From Salon