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View synonyms for sophistication

sophistication

[ suh-fis-ti-key-shuhn ]

noun

  1. sophisticated sophisticated character, ideas, tastes, or ways as the result of education, worldly experience, etc.:

    the sophistication of the wealthy.

  2. change from the natural character or simplicity, or the resulting condition.
  3. complexity, as in design or organization.
  4. impairment or debasement, as of purity or genuineness.
  5. the use of sophistry; a sophism, quibble, or fallacious argument.

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Other Words From

  • anti·so·phisti·cation noun
  • hyper·so·phisti·cation noun
  • over·so·phisti·cation noun
  • self-so·phisti·cation noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sophistication1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Medieval Latin sophisticātiōn-, stem of sophisticātiō; equivalent to sophisticate + -ion

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