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conflation noun

  /kənˈfleɪʃən/
  • (countable) A blowing or fusing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.
  • (uncountable) A blend or fusion, especially a composite reading or text formed by combining the material of two or more texts into a single text.
 объединение, слияние, соединение

conflate verb

  /kɒnˈfleɪt/ , /kənˈfleɪt/
  • (by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.
 объединя́ть, путать, соединя́ть
  • (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.
 объединя́ть, соединя́ть
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