conflate
verb (formal)- conflate A and/with B
to put two or more things together to make one new thing 合并；合成；混合 The issues of race and class are separate and should not be conflated. 种族和阶级的问题是分开的，不应该混为一谈。
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘fuse or melt down metal’): from Latin conflat- ‘kindled, fused’, from the verb conflare, from con- ‘together’ + flare ‘to blow’.