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sophistication
so·phis·ti·cate S0566200 (sə-fĭs′tĭ-kāt′)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: Travel tends to sophisticate a person.2. To make more complex or refined: sophisticated the theory to take criticism into account.3. Archaic a. To mislead or corrupt (a person).b. To make impure; adulterate.v.intr. Archaic To use sophistry.n. (-kĭt) A sophisticated person.
[Middle English sophisticaten, to adulterate, from Medieval Latin sophisticāre, sophisticāt-, from Latin sophisticus, sophistic, from Greek sophistikos, from sophistēs, sophist; see sophist.]
so·phis′ti·ca′tion n.so·phis′ti·ca′tor n.so•phis•ti•ca•tion (səˌfɪs tɪˈkeɪ ʃən)
n. 1. the process or result of change from the natural or simple to the knowledgeable or cultured; worldliness. 2. complexity, as in design or organization. 3. impairment; disillusionment. 4. the use of sophistry. [1350–1400] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | sophistication - uplifting enlightenmentedificationenlightenment - education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledgedisenchantment, disillusion, disillusionment - freeing from false belief or illusions | | 2. | sophistication - a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someonesophism, sophistryfallacy, 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 disillusionmentmundaneness, mundanity, worldlinessquality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespearenaiveness, 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 |
sophisticationnoun poise, worldliness, savoir-faire, urbanity, finesse, savoir-vivre (French), worldly wisdom They now have the sophistication attained by performing in public.sophisticationnounThe state of being contaminated:adulteration, contamination, pollution.Translationssophisticated (səˈfistikeitid) adjective (negative unsophisticated). 1. (of a person) having a great deal of experience and worldly wisdom, knowledge of how to dress elegantly etc. a sophisticated young man; She has become very sophisticated since she went to live in London. 非常老練的 非常老练的2. suitable for, or typical of, sophisticated people. The joke was too sophisticated for the child to understand; sophisticated clothes/hairstyles. 複雜的 复杂的3. (of machines, processes etc) highly-developed, elaborate and produced with a high degree of skill and knowledge. sophisticated photographic techniques. 尖端的 尖端的soˌphistiˈcation noun 複雜化 复杂化Sophistication
Nutrition A virtually extinct term for the adulteration of foods or medicines
Vox populi Urbanity; suavity, refinementsophistication
Synonyms for sophisticationnoun poiseSynonyms- poise
- worldliness
- savoir-faire
- urbanity
- finesse
- savoir-vivre
- worldly wisdom
Synonyms for sophisticationnoun the state of being contaminatedSynonyms- adulteration
- contamination
- pollution
Synonyms for sophisticationnoun uplifting enlightenmentSynonymsRelated Words- enlightenment
- disenchantment
- disillusion
- disillusionment
noun a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someoneSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun being expert or having knowledge of some technical subjectRelated Wordsnoun the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionmentSynonyms- mundaneness
- mundanity
- worldliness
Related WordsAntonymsnoun falsification by the use of sophistryRelated Words |