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amalgamar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • amalgamate verb To merge, to combine, to blend, to join.
  • conflate verb To combine or mix together.

Senses

amalgamar is used for these senses in English:

  • amalgamate (transitive, or, intransitive) To merge, to combine, to blend, to join.
  • conflate (by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.
  • conflate (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.
  • elide To conflate; to smear together; to blur the distinction between.

amalgamate — full definition

  1. verb To merge, to combine, to blend, to join.
  2. verb To make an alloy of a metal and mercury.
  3. verb To combine (free groups) by identifying respective isomorphic subgroups.

conflate — full definition

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

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