conflate
verb · adjective · nounB1Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Động từ
verb- 1.
To combine or mix together.
Đồng nghĩa: mix, blend, coalesce, commingle, flux, immix, merge, amalgamate, fuse, meld
- 2.
(broadly)(by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.
“Bacon was Lord Chancellor of England and the first European to experiment with gunpowder.” — “No, you are conflating Francis Bacon and Roger Bacon.”
Đồng nghĩa: confuse, mix up, lump together
- 3.
(broadly)(by extension) To deliberately draw a false equivalence or association, typically in a tacit or implicit manner as propaganda and/or an intentional distortion or misrepresentation of the subject matter.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable)(biblical criticism) Combining elements from multiple versions of the same text.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(biblical criticism) A conflate text, one which conflates multiple version of a text together.
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Nguồn gốc từ
ine-pro Attested since 1541: from Latin cōnflātus, past passive participle of cōnflō (fuse, kindle, blow together), see -ate.