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conflating

/kənˈfleɪtɪŋ/ /ˈkɑːnˌfleɪtɪŋ/

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verb

Fusionner, combiner

To bring (things) together and fuse (them) into a single entity.

Examples :

"The teacher warned students against conflating summarizing with simply copying parts of the original text. "

Le professeur a mis en garde les élèves contre la fusion de la synthèse avec la simple copie de parties du texte original.

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verb

Mélanger, fusionner

To mix together different elements.

Examples :

"The news report was confusing because it was conflating correlation with causation, suggesting that two things happening at the same time meant one caused the other. "

Le reportage était déroutant car il mélangeait corrélation et causalité, suggérant que deux événements simultanés impliquaient une relation de cause à effet.

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verb

Confondre, mélanger

(by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.

Examples :

"“Bacon was Lord Chancellor of England and the first European to experiment with gunpowder.” — “No, you are conflating Francis Bacon and Roger Bacon.”"

« Bacon était Lord Chancelier d'Angleterre et le premier Européen à expérimenter la poudre à canon. » — « Non, vous confondez Francis Bacon et Roger Bacon. »

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