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sophisticated
[ suh-fis-ti-key-tid ]
adjective
- (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.
Synonyms: cultivated, experienced, cosmopolitan, worldly
Antonyms: naive
- 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.
sophisticated
/ səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtɪd /
adjective
- having refined or cultured tastes and habits
- appealing to sophisticates
a sophisticated restaurant
- unduly refined or cultured
- pretentiously or superficially wise
- (of machines, methods, etc) complex and refined
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Derived Forms
- soˈphistiˌcatedly, adverb
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Other Words From
- so·phisti·cated·ly adverb
- hyper·so·phisti·cated adjective
- hyper·so·phisti·cated·ly adverb
- over·so·phisti·cated adjective
- super·so·phisti·cated adjective
- ultra·so·phisti·cated adjective
- ultra·so·phisti·cated·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sophisticated1
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Example Sentences
Sophisticated, nuanced, melodious pop music, that sweeps you away.
With this sophisticated tone set, the shop opened and developed a clientele.
It has always featured the very best voices and employed the most sophisticated stagecraft of any opera house.
This was the most sophisticated global tracking system ever devised, and it worked with lethal efficiency.
Even in the most sophisticated echelons of the media ecosystem, the fix was in.
He possessed the same personal charm as Tchaikovsky, but was far more sophisticated and self-conscious.
I suppose I can't hope to be quite such a belle as if I had lived in those less-sophisticated days, but who knows?
Accustomed to women of a more sophisticated class, Jean had at first taken her navet for the height of subtlety.
The subject of the moral reflections at the end is self-delusion in the particular form of sophisticated vanity.
We have a very conservative, fastidious, and sophisticated constituency; and this is one of the limitations by which we are bound.
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