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Definition of Sophistication
1. Noun. Uplifting enlightenment.
Exact synonyms: Edification
Generic synonyms: Enlightenment
Specialized synonyms: Disenchantment, Disillusion, Disillusionment
Derivative terms: Edify
Generic synonyms: Enlightenment
Specialized synonyms: Disenchantment, Disillusion, Disillusionment
Derivative terms: Edify
2. Noun. A deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone.
Exact synonyms: Sophism, Sophistry
Generic synonyms: Fallacy, False Belief
Derivative terms: Sophist, Sophistic, Sophisticate
Generic synonyms: Fallacy, False Belief
Derivative terms: Sophist, Sophistic, Sophisticate
3. Noun. Being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject. "Understanding affine transformations requires considerable mathematical sophistication"
4. Noun. The quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment.
Exact synonyms: Mundaneness, Mundanity, Worldliness
Generic synonyms: Quality
Derivative terms: Mundane, Sophisticate, Worldly
Antonyms: Naivete
Generic synonyms: Quality
Derivative terms: Mundane, Sophisticate, Worldly
Antonyms: Naivete
5. Noun. Falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies. "He practiced the art of sophistication upon reason"
Definition of Sophistication
1. n. The act of sophisticating; adulteration; as, the sophistication of drugs.
Definition of Sophistication
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