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sophistication
[ suh-fis-ti-key-shuhn ]
noun
- sophisticated sophisticated character, ideas, tastes, or ways as the result of education, worldly experience, etc.:
the sophistication of the wealthy.
- change from the natural character or simplicity, or the resulting condition.
- complexity, as in design or organization.
- impairment or debasement, as of purity or genuineness.
- the use of sophistry; a sophism, quibble, or fallacious argument.
Other Word Forms
- t··t·tDz noun
- p··t·tDz noun
- v··t·tDz noun
- -·t·tDz noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of sophistication1
Example Sentences
In a court filing, prosecutors describe the victim as “particularly vulnerable,” and “the crime indicates planning sophistication and professionalism.”
The sophistication is there in its style and confidence, in how it lays out this story with the clean, cruel menace of a poker dealer who has planned out exactly how the house will win.
“Plus, the sophistication of AI makes these scams increasingly difficult to detect.”
It’s a mark of sophistication, as well as a displayed commitment to the democratic virtue of tolerance, to respect the person even as one opposes their political agenda.
“They combine beauty, glamour, sophistication, sassiness and scintillating harmonies in a way no female group has since the heyday of Diana Ross and company.”
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