(of a person, ideas, tastes, manners, etc.) altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise; not naive: a sophisticated young socialite;the sophisticated eye of an experienced journalist.
pleasing or satisfactory to the tastes of sophisticates, or people who are educated, cultured, and worldly-wise: sophisticated music.
deceptive; misleading.
complex or intricate, as a system, process, piece of machinery, or the like: a sophisticated electronic control system.
of, for, or reflecting educated taste, knowledgeable use, etc.: Many Americans are drinking more sophisticated wines now.
Also sophisticate.
Origin of sophisticated
1595–1605; <Medieval Latin sophisticāt(us) sophisticate + -ed2
If you want to change someone’s behavior, you can try all manner of sophisticated manipulation techniques.
The UK tested a classic psychological tactic by paying 64 million restaurant bills|Olivia Goldhill|August 27, 2020|Quartz
The way we have been thinking about it is to use technology to approach this in a more sophisticated way.
Alphabet’s Verily plans to use big data to help employers predict health insurance costs|Rachel Schallom|August 25, 2020|Fortune
That process got even more sophisticated, he said, in the early 2000s when political data operations began categorizing voters by how early they tended to send in their ballots.
GOP Chair Who Called Mail Voting ‘Fraught With Danger’ Voted by Mail 22 Straight Times|Andrew Keatts|August 10, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Japan and South Korea already have highly sophisticated nuclear power industries, and supply reactors to most of the world — the Emirati reactor is of Korean design.
Butterfly Effect: The Next Nuclear Race Is Starting|Charu Kasturi|August 6, 2020|Ozy
One of the richest tech companies, with some of the most sophisticated AI capabilities, had just paired up with one of the world’s top makers of robots.
The Robot Revolution Was Televised: Our All-Time Favorite Boston Dynamics Robot Videos|Jason Dorrier|July 19, 2020|Singularity Hub
Sophisticated, nuanced, melodious pop music, that sweeps you away.
Belle & Sebastian Aren’t So Shy Anymore|James Joiner|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
With this sophisticated tone set, the shop opened and developed a clientele.
The Bookstore That Bewitched Mick Jagger, John Lennon, and Greta Garbo|Felice Picano|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It has always featured the very best voices and employed the most sophisticated stagecraft of any opera house.
Inside the Metropolitan Opera’s Insane Year|Shawn E. Milnes|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This was the most sophisticated global tracking system ever devised, and it worked with lethal efficiency.
How the NSA Became a Killing Machine|Shane Harris|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Even in the most sophisticated echelons of the media ecosystem, the fix was in.
How the Media Failed to Nail the NFL|Steve Almond|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She had all the sophisticated graces of life and much of the natural charm of an unusually attractive personality.
The Yukon Trail|William MacLeod Raine
Factories everywhere supplied farmers with the sophisticated tools and machines of the new agriculture.
Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology|John T. Schlebecker
If within the sophisticated man there is not an unsophisticated one, then he is but one of the Devil's angels.
The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 12, No. 72, October, 1863|Various
The subject of the moral reflections at the end is self-delusion in the particular form of sophisticated vanity.
Aesop Dress'd|Bernard Mandeville
Juries can see for themselves the crime being committed, as well as the results of sophisticated forensic tests.
The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin
British Dictionary definitions for sophisticated
sophisticated
/ (səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtɪd) /
adjective
having refined or cultured tastes and habits
appealing to sophisticatesa sophisticated restaurant