sophistication

Definition of sophistication in English English dictionary: Falsification or contamination; Deceptive logic; sophistry; Complexity; Cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire; Enlightenment or education; {n} the act of adultering, fallacy; a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone; Sophistication is the quality of being intelligent and knowing a lot, so that you are able to understand complicated situations. Swift said the growing sophistication among biotech investors presented an opportunity for a more specialist investment fund. The Times; falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies; "he practiced the art of sophistication upon reason" the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated through cultivation or experience or disillusionment being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject; "understanding affine transformations requires considerable mathematical sophistication; uplifting enlightenment; The sophistication of machines or methods is their quality of being more advanced or complex than others. Given the sophistication of modern machines, there is little that cannot be successfully washed at home; {i} worldliness, experience; complexity; Sophistication is the quality of being comfortable in social situations and knowing about culture, fashion, and other matters that are considered socially important. James Bond is known for his sophistication, his style and his sense of class; The act of sophisticating; adulteration; as, the sophistication of drugs; the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated through cultivation or experience or disillusionment; the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated through cultivation or experience or disillusionment being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject; "understanding affine transformations requires considerable mathematical sophistication; falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies; "he practiced the art of sophistication upon reason"; being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject; "understanding affine transformations requires considerable mathematical sophistication"
sophisticate: Practice sophistry; change the meaning of, or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
sophisticate: A worldly-wise person
sophisticate: Make less natural or innocent
sophisticate: to deprive of simplicity of mind or manner
sophisticate: {a} adulterated
sophisticate: {v} to adulterate
sophisticate: a worldly-wise person make more complex or refined; "a sophisticated design"
sophisticate: Alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive
sophisticate: To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine
sophisticate: alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive; "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol"
sophisticate: {s} sophisticated, worldly-wise, experienced
sophisticate: A sophisticate is someone who knows about culture, fashion, and other matters that are considered socially important. someone who is sophisticated
sophisticate: {i} worldly person, person of wide learning and experience
sophisticate: Make more complex or refined
sophisticate: make less natural or innocent; "Their manners had sophisticated the young girls
sophisticate: a worldly-wise person make more complex or refined; "a sophisticated design" alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive; "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol" make less natural or innocent; "Their manners had sophisticated the young girls
sophisticate: make more complex or refined; "a sophisticated design"
sophisticate: Adulterated; not pure; not genuine
sophisticate: make less natural or innocent; "Their manners had sophisticated the young girls"
sophisticate: practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
sophisticate: {f} render worldly, make less innocent and naive; alter, pervert; make more complex