Sophistication Definition & Meaning
sophistication
- noun
- uplifting enlightenment
- a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
- being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject; "understanding affine transformations requires considerable mathematical sophistication"
- the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment
- falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies; "he practiced the art of sophistication upon reason"
"Sophistication" in song lyrics
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"sweet sophistication"
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Words that rhyme with sophistication
Usage tips for "sophistication"
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