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conflate

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Verb

  1. To combine or mix together.
  2. To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.
  3. 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.

Adjective

  1. Combining elements from multiple versions of the same text.

Noun

  1. A conflate text, one which conflates multiple version of a text together.

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