conflation

About 0.41 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A blowing or fusing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.
2. noun A blend or fusion, especially a composite reading or text formed by combining the material of two or more texts into a single text.

   The conflation of the legitimate and peaceful expression of nationalist beliefs with acts of terrorism and other crimes

Similar words

merge merger merging amalgamation consolidation blending fusion meltdown melting smelting

Often followed by

of is between with in and that or was

Word family

conflations