sophistication
/səˌfɪs.tɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
sophistication · noun — enlightenment or education.
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sophistication is pronounced /səˌfɪs.tɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/.
Etymology
From Middle English sophisticacion, sophisticacioun, sophisticacoun, from Old French sofisticacion, sophisticacion, from Medieval Latin sophisticātiōnis. By surface analysis, sophisticate + -ion.
noun
- Enlightenment or education.
- Cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire.
- Deceptive logic; sophistry.
- Falsification, contamination.
- Complexity.e.g.“The police force were unable to deal with the sophistication of the criminal network.”
- Ability to deal with complexity.
- The act of sophisticating; adulteration.e.g.“the sophistication of drugs”
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