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sophistication

/sə,fɪstə'keɪʃən/

Synonyms of sophistication Antonyms of sophistication Examples of sophistication Usage of sophistication Parts of sophistication Definition that contains sophistication Words sounding like sophistication Explanation of sophistication

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

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fallacy false belief
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the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment
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mundaneness mundanity worldliness

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naivete

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quality
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uplifting enlightenment
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edification

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enlightenment
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being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject
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"understanding affine transformations requires considerable mathematical sophistication"

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expertise expertness
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falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies
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"he practiced the art of sophistication upon reason"

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falsification falsehood

Definition that contains sophistication

innocent lacking in sophistication or worldliness
bush not of the highest quality or sophistication
smooth smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
ignorant uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication
bland smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
suave smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
politic smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
naivety lack of sophistication or worldliness
ingenuous lacking in sophistication or worldliness
naivete lack of sophistication or worldliness