D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Conflation

/kən-flāsh'-ən/ · Con·fla·tion · IPA /kənˈfleɪʃən/
01 n. A blowing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.
  1. 1.
    A blowing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.[R.]
  2. 2.
    a fusing together; merger of two or more things or ideas into one.