conflate

Definition

To combine or mix together.

Etymology

Attested since 1541: from Latin cōnflātus, past passive participle of cōnflō (“fuse, kindle, blow together”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Example Sentences

• "“Bacon was Lord Chancellor of England and the first European to experiment with gunpowder.” — “No, you are conflating Francis Bacon and Roger Bacon.”"
• "But in reality, the order simply furthers the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant policies by continuing to conflate immigration issues with criminal ones."
• "But again, this conflates global geographic variation with race, says Alan Goodman, a biological anthropologist at Hampshire College."