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conflation

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /kənˈfleɪʃən/
  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N F L EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A blowing or fusing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A blend or fusion, especially a composite reading or text formed by combining the material of two or more texts into a single text.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • The conflation of the legitimate and peaceful expression of nationalist beliefs with acts of terrorism and other crimes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin cōnflātiō, from Latin cōnflātus. By surface analysis, conflate + -ion.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: samenspel — a blowing or fusing together
  • Dutch: samensmelting — a blowing or fusing together
  • Finnish: yhdistäminen — a blowing or fusing together
  • Finnish: sekoittaminen — a blowing or fusing together
  • Finnish: sulauttaminen — a blowing or fusing together
  • German: Verschmelzung — a blowing or fusing together
  • Greek: συγκερασμός (sygkerasmós) — a blowing or fusing together
  • Greek: σύγχυση (sýnchysi) — a blowing or fusing together
  • Greek: συνδυασμός (syndyasmós) — a blowing or fusing together
  • Hungarian: egybeolvadás — a blowing or fusing together
  • Hungarian: összeolvadás — a blowing or fusing together
  • Hungarian: egybeesés — a blowing or fusing together
  • Hungarian: összeolvasztás — a blowing or fusing together
  • Hungarian: egybeolvasztás — a blowing or fusing together
  • Hungarian: összekombinálás — a blowing or fusing together
  • Hungarian: egyesítés — a blowing or fusing together
  • Hungarian: összeollózás — a blowing or fusing together
  • Hungarian: összemosás — a blowing or fusing together
  • Hungarian: összekeverés — a blowing or fusing together
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sammensmelting — a blowing or fusing together
  • Portuguese: fusão — a blowing or fusing together
  • Russian: объединение (obʺjedinenije) — a blowing or fusing together
  • Russian: соединение (sojedinenije) — a blowing or fusing together
  • Russian: слияние (slijanije) — a blowing or fusing together
  • Spanish: fusión — a blowing or fusing together