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Sophistication

Sophistication Meaning & Definition
Sophistication Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sophistication?

[n] falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies; "he practiced the art of sophistication upon reason"
[n] the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated through cultivation or experience or disillusionment
[n] being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject; "understanding affine transformations requires considerable mathematical sophistication"
[n] a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
[n] uplifting enlightenment

Synonyms | Synonyms for Sophistication: edification | sophism | sophistry | worldliness

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See Also | disenchantment | disillusion | disillusionment | enlightenment | expertise | expertness | fallacy | false belief | falsehood | falsification | quality

Sophistication In Webster's Dictionary

\So*phis`ti*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. LL. sophisticatio, F. sophistication.] The act of sophisticating; adulteration; as, the sophistication of drugs. --Boyle.

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