Sophistication - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|səˌfɪstɪˈkeɪʃn|
Brit.
|səˌfɪstɪˈkeɪʃn|
noun
- uplifting enlightenment (syn: edification)
- a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone (syn: sophism, sophistry)
- being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject
- falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies
- a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone (syn: sophism, sophistry)
- 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 (syn: worldliness)- falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies
he practiced the art of sophistication upon reason
Extra examples
...the engine's sophistication requires that all repairs be done by an experienced mechanic...
...the characters in Oscar Wilde's plays jape with a readiness and sophistication that is rarely, if ever, encountered in real life...
The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication
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