sophistication

noun

falsification by the use of sophistry

the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment

being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject

a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone

uplifting enlightenment

Roots

sophossoph- · Greek · wise

Synonyms for sophistication

worldlinessn sophistryn elegancen sophismn refinementn tastefulnessn subtletyn daintinessn oversubtletyadj finessen

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