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NO WONDER FAUX viewers DON'T KNOW THIS WORD!!!
Flex those brain muscles JOE!
Definition of CONFLATE * ( con·flat·ed ) ( con·flat·ing )
1
a : to bring together : fuse
b : confuse
2
: to combine (as two readings of a text) into a composite whole
Examples of CONFLATE
<be careful not to conflate gossip with real news>
<the movie conflates documentary footage and dramatized reenactments so seamlessly and ingeniously that viewers may not know what is real and what is not>
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