conflate in German
conflate in German is verbinden, vereinigen, verschmelzen — conflate means to bring two or more things together as one.
conflate in German
verbinden
(by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.
vereinigen
(by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.
verschmelzen
(by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.
verwechseln
(by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.
verbinden
(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.
vereinigen
(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.
verschmelzen
(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.
What does "conflate" mean?
- verb To bring two or more things together as one.
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verb To wrongly treat two different things as if they were the same.
"“Bacon was Lord Chancellor of England and the first European to experiment with gunpowder.” — “No, you are conflating Francis Bacon and Roger Bacon.”"
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verb To link two things together on purpose to create a false impression.
"But again, this conflates global geographic variation with race, says Alan Goodman, a biological anthropologist at Hampshire College."
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conflate in a sentence
- “Bacon was Lord Chancellor of England and the first European to experiment with gunpowder.” — “No, you are conflating Francis Bacon and Roger Bacon.”
- But again, this conflates global geographic variation with race, says Alan Goodman, a biological anthropologist at Hampshire College.
- “We must stop conflating selectivity with excellence. We must stop correlating prestige with privilege,” he said.
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What is "conflate" in German?
"conflate" in German is verbinden, vereinigen, verschmelzen. conflate means: To bring two or more things together as one.
Are there other ways to say "conflate" in German?
Yes — German has 4 translations listed for "conflate": verbinden, vereinigen, verschmelzen, verwechseln.
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