Definition of conflation in English:
conflation
noun kənˈfleɪʃ(ə)nkənˈfleɪʃ(ə)n
mass nounThe merging of two or more sets of information, texts, ideas, etc. into one.
the forceful conflation of two traditions
Example sentencesExamples
- Its richness is partly derived from the conflation of wildly disparate images.
- Offering up the tired conflation of religion with mega-violence is hardly a positive reason for disbelief.
- The opening idea of the last movement sounds startlingly like a conflation of the two major allegros from the ballet suite.
- The caricature is really a conflation of several separate styles of thought and belief, and they almost never come together.
- What we see is the near total conflation of news and entertainment.
- The brash 1875 iron bridge is concealed by his idiosyncratic conflation of the two banks.
- The desire to be thought tough is of course itself the real weakness, and the lazy conflation of meaning and justification is simply foolish.
- One way this happens is through their conflation of memory with other activities.
- The narrator's invocation of loss is as strategic as his conflation of genders in his vision of his Muses.
- Both floor and wall-mounted pieces emphasized the witty conflation of drawing and sculpture.
Definition of conflation in US English:
conflation
nounkənˈflāSH(ə)nkənˈfleɪʃ(ə)n
The merging of two or more sets of information, texts, ideas, etc. into one.
the forceful conflation of two traditions
Example sentencesExamples
- The desire to be thought tough is of course itself the real weakness, and the lazy conflation of meaning and justification is simply foolish.
- Its richness is partly derived from the conflation of wildly disparate images.
- The opening idea of the last movement sounds startlingly like a conflation of the two major allegros from the ballet suite.
- One way this happens is through their conflation of memory with other activities.
- Offering up the tired conflation of religion with mega-violence is hardly a positive reason for disbelief.
- The brash 1875 iron bridge is concealed by his idiosyncratic conflation of the two banks.
- The narrator's invocation of loss is as strategic as his conflation of genders in his vision of his Muses.
- What we see is the near total conflation of news and entertainment.
- The caricature is really a conflation of several separate styles of thought and belief, and they almost never come together.
- Both floor and wall-mounted pieces emphasized the witty conflation of drawing and sculpture.