Definitions for: Sophistication


[n] falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies; "he practiced the art of sophistication upon reason"
[n] the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated through cultivation or experience or disillusionment
[n] being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject; "understanding affine transformations requires considerable mathematical sophistication"
[n] a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
[n] uplifting enlightenment



Webster (1913) Definition: So*phis`ti*ca"tion, n. [Cf. LL. sophisticatio,
F. sophistication.]
The act of sophisticating; adulteration; as, the
sophistication of drugs. --Boyle.

Synonyms: edification, sophism, sophistry, worldliness

Antonyms: naiveness, naivete, naivety

See Also: disenchantment, disillusion, disillusionment, enlightenment, expertise, expertness, fallacy, false belief, falsehood, falsification, quality

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