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tɪˌkeɪadjective
1.
(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 a journalist.
2.
pleasing or satisfactory to the tastes of sophisticates: sophisticated music.
3.
deceptive; misleading.
4.
complex or intricate, as a system, process, piece of machinery, or the like: a sophisticated electronic control system.
5.
of, for, or reflecting educated taste, knowledgeable use, etc.: Many Americans are drinking more sophisticated wines now.
Also, sophisticate.
Related forms
so·phis·ti·cat·ed·ly, adverb
hy·per·so·phis·ti·cat·ed, adjective
hy·per·so·phis·ti·cat·ed·ly, adverb
o·ver·so·phis·ti·cat·ed, adjective
su·per·so·phis·ti·cat·ed, adjective
EXPANDSynonyms
1. worldly, cosmopolitan, experienced, cultivated.
1. worldly, cosmopolitan, experienced, cultivated.
Antonyms
1. naive.
1. naive.
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Sophisticated
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so·phis·ti·cate
[n., adj. suh-fis-ti-kit, -keyt; v. suh-fis-ti-keyt] noun, adjective, verb, -cat·ed, -cat·ing. noun
1.
a sophisticated person.
adjective
verb (used with object)
3.
to make less natural, simple, or ingenuous; make worldly-wise.
4.
to alter; pervert: to sophisticate a meaning beyond recognition.
verb (used without object)
5.
to use sophistry; quibble.
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Word Origin & History
sophisticated
pp. adj. from sophistication; c.1600, "mixed with a foreign substance, impure; no longer simple or natural." Of persons, with a positive sense, "worldly-wide, discriminating," from 1895.
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