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sophistication

[suh-fis-ti-key-shuhn]

noun

  1. sophisticated sophisticated character, ideas, tastes, or ways as the result of education, worldly experience, etc..

    the sophistication of the wealthy.

  2. change from the natural character or simplicity, or the resulting condition.

  3. complexity, as in design or organization.

  4. impairment or debasement, as of purity or genuineness.

  5. the use of sophistry; a sophism, quibble, or fallacious argument.



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Other Word Forms

  • antisophistication noun
  • hypersophistication noun
  • oversophistication noun
  • self-sophistication noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sophistication1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Medieval Latin DZ󾱲پپō-, stem of DZ󾱲پپō; equivalent to sophisticate + -ion
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And it does so with a stylish, romantic sophistication and ease.

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There's a thoughtfulness and a subtle sophistication to a chilled dish: it’s curated, it’s careful, it’s precise.

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Detectives say they have observed growing sophistication in criminals diverting and intercepting valuable goods being trucked into and out of Southern California in recent years.

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Attacks have been on the rise, as has their level of sophistication, they added.

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A briefing document recently released by the Defense Intelligence Agency noted that missile threats "will expand in scale and sophistication", with China and Russia actively designing systems "to exploit gaps" in US defences.

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