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SOPHISTICATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies
Example:
he practiced the art of sophistication upon reason
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("sophistication" is a kind of...):
falsehood; falsification (the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting)
Derivation:
sophisticate (practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment
Synonyms:
mundaneness; mundanity; sophistication; worldliness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("sophistication" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Antonym:
naivete (lack of sophistication or worldliness)
Derivation:
sophisticate (make less natural or innocent)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject
Example:
understanding affine transformations requires considerable mathematical sophistication
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("sophistication" is a kind of...):
expertise; expertness (skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge)
Derivation:
sophisticate (make more complex or refined)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
Synonyms:
sophism; sophistication; sophistry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("sophistication" is a kind of...):
fallacy; false belief (a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning)
Derivation:
sophisticate (practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Uplifting enlightenment
Synonyms:
edification; sophistication
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("sophistication" is a kind of...):
enlightenment (education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sophistication"):
disenchantment; disillusion; disillusionment (freeing from false belief or illusions)
