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conflating

conflating is the present participle and gerund of conflate.

Meaning of conflate

Verb

conflate (third-person singular simple present conflates, present participle conflating, simple past and past participle conflated)

  1. To combine or mix together.
  2. (broadly) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.
    • Near-synonym: confuse
  3. (broadly) 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.
    • But in reality, the order simply furthers the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant policies by continuing to conflate immigration issues with criminal ones.2018 June 25, Shan Wu, “The real story behind Trump’s immigration executive order”, in CNN

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Questions about conflating

What is conflating the present participle and gerund of?
Conflating is the present participle and gerund of conflate.

Words near conflating in the dictionary

  1. Conflans-Sainte-Honorine
  2. conflatable
  3. conflate
  4. conflated
  5. conflates
  6. conflating
  7. conflation
  8. conflationarily
  9. conflationary
  10. conflations
  11. Conflent

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