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English
Etymology
From de- + conflate.
Verb
deconflate (third-person singular simple present deconflates, present participle deconflating, simple past and past participle deconflated)
- To resolve a former conflation; to recognize or value a distinction that formerly was unrecognized or undervalued.
2003, Charles J. Kowalski, “Sham surgery: not an oxymoron. Commentary.”, in American Journal of Bioethics, volume 3, number 4, →DOI, pages 8–9:However, in doing so, the principle of equipoise—recognized by many as the primary ethical justification for an RCT, any RCT—loses some of its force. You might still find it, but the emphasis is elsewhere: on "social value," on "scientific validity," on "independent review," on "respect," on "informed consent." Important values all, but by deconflating research from treatment, investigators are relieved from the constraints of the personal-care principle and the absolute prohibition against doing harm. The deconflation has defeated equipoise.