conflation

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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 • Jan. 15, 2026

Could there be a more emphatic conflation of symbolic maleness and brute force?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2025

That conflation, he says, threatens to blind people to the real threat.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2024

We all should — and must — loudly reject antisemitism, Islamophobia and conflation of people and governments.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2023

If therefore both expressions occur in one of the elements, the Conflation has been made beforehand, and a substitution then occurs instead of a conflation.

From The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Miller, Edward