conflated

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  1. Marked by conflation or conflations. See conflation, 3. Whence did the separate members of the conflated text arise, since both of them by hypothesis cannot be original? Amer. Jour. Philol., VI. 35.

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  • "It's a very ignorant article," said Mr Perlman, who said Eurogamer had conflated issues of frame rate and latency. —  BBC News | Technology | World Edition
  • I received another email through the week in which the correspondent conflated the two terms. —  In a Minute Ago
  • Pro-Confederate Cabinet ministers dismissed this contention as completely irrelevant, arguing that Adams 'argument conflated jus ad bellum with jus in bello. —  The RBC
  • But, by recasting the tension in terms of religiosity, the Western media showed an anti-religious bias which conflated fervor with radicalism. —  Writings from the Middle East Forum and Middle East Quarterly.
  • Ever since the struggles in the 60's somehow FREEDOM has become equated and conflated with voting. —  Exodus Mentality
 

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