sophistication

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Etymology

From Middle English sophisticacion, sophisticacioun, sophisticacoun, from Old French sofisticacion, sophisticacion and Medieval Latin sophisticātio, -iōnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /səˌfɪs.tɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/

Noun

sophistication

1. Enlightenment or education.
2. Cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire.
3. Deceptive logic; sophistry.
4. Falsification or contamination.
5. Complexity.

   The police force were unable to deal with the sophistication of the criminal network.

6. Ability to deal with complexity.
7. (archaic) The act of sophisticating; adulteration.

   the sophistication of drugs

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “cultivated intellectual worldliness”): provincialism

Translations

• German: Kultiviertheit
• Italian: raffinatezza

Translations

• German: Raffinesse

Translations

• German: Raffinesse, Komplexheit, Ausgereiftheit, Sophistikation, Hochentwicklung
• Italian: complessità, finezza

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