About The Word Sophistication
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Sophistication
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Sophistication: 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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