sophistication
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tɪˈkeɪ noun
1.
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.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin sophisticātiōn- (stem of sophisticātiō), equivalent to sophisticāt(us) (see sophisticate) + -iōn- -ion
1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin sophisticātiōn- (stem of sophisticātiō), equivalent to sophisticāt(us) (see sophisticate) + -iōn- -ion
Related forms
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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World English Dictionary
| sophisticate | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to make (someone) less natural or innocent, as by education |
| 2. | to pervert or corrupt (an argument, etc) by sophistry |
| 3. | (tr) to make more complex or refined |
| 4. | rare to falsify (a text, etc) by alterations |
| —n | |
| 5. | a sophisticated person |
| [C14: from Medieval Latin sophisticāre, from Latin sophisticus sophistic] | |
| sophisti'cation | |
| —n | |
| so'phisticator | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
sophistication
c.1400, "use or employment of sophistry," from M.L. sophisticationem (nom. sophisticatio), from sophisticare "adulterate, cheat quibble," from L. sophisticus "of sophists," from Gk. sophistikos "of or pertaining to a sophist," from sophistes "a wise man, master, teacher" (see
sophist). Meaning "wordly wisdom, refinement, discrimination" is attested from 1850.
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Example sentences
More and more hoteliers are happy to accommodate you with style, sophistication and economy.
The fact is that systems tend to organize over time, ie, move towards sophistication.
Therefore, it is giving them the sophistication in using the updated technologies.
He was almost wholly without sophistication and wholly without worldliness.
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