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
It is unclear why the original conflation came about, but to state the obvious, it is possible to support Palestine without supporting Hamas.
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2024
Besides, as has been already stated, no amount of conflation would supply passages which the destructive school would wholly leave out.
From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by John William Burgon
