sophistication

so·phis·ti·cate  (s-fst-kt)

v. so·phis·ti·cat·ed, so·phis·ti·cat·ing, so·phis·ti·cates

v.tr.

1. To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly.

2. To make impure; adulterate.

3. To make more complex or inclusive; refine.

v.intr.

To use sophistry.

n. (-kt)

A sophisticated person.

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[Middle English sophisticaten, to adulterate, from Medieval Latin sophisticre, sophistict-, from Latin sophisticus, sophistic, from Greek sophistikos, from sophists, sophist; see sophist.]

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so·phisti·cation n.

so·phisti·cator n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sophistication - uplifting enlightenment edification enlightenment - education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge disenchantment, disillusion, disillusionment - freeing from false belief or illusions
	2.	sophistication - a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone sophism, sophistry fallacy, false belief - a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
	3.	sophistication - being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject; "understanding affine transformations requires considerable mathematical sophistication" expertise, expertness - skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge
	4.	sophistication - the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment mundaneness, mundanity, worldliness quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare naiveness, naivete, naivety - lack of sophistication or worldliness
	5.	sophistication - falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies; "he practiced the art of sophistication upon reason" falsehood, falsification - the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting

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sophistication

noun poise, worldliness, savoir-faire, urbanity, finesse, savoir-vivre (French), worldly wisdom They now have the sophistication attained by performing in public.

Translations

sophistication [səˌfɪstɪˈkeɪʃən] N (= refinement) → sofisticación f; (= complexity) → complejidad f

sophistication [səˌfɪstɪˈkeɪʃ^ən] n

(= complexity) [equipment, machinery, technology] → sophistication f

(= refinement) [person, tastes] → raffinement m

(= intelligence) → culture f

sophistication

n

(= worldliness) → Kultiviertheit f; (of manners, taste also) → Feinheit f; (of cabaret act, audience) → hohes Niveau; (of person, restaurant also) → Gepflegtheit f, → Eleganz f; (of dress) → Raffiniertheit f, → Schick m

(= complexity) → hoher Entwicklungsstand or -grad; (of techniques) → Raffiniertheit f; (of method) → Durchdachtheit f; (of device) → Ausgeklügeltheit f

(= subtlety, refinement) → Subtilität f; (of mind) → Differenziertheit f; (of prose, style) → hohe Ansprüche pl; (of discussion) → hohes Niveau; (of plan) → Ausgeklügeltheit f, → Raffiniertheit f; (of system, approach) → Komplexheit f

sophistication [səˌfɪstɪˈkeɪʃ/ən] n (of method, machine) → complessità; (of person, clothes) → raffinatezza; (of argument) → sottigliezza