sophistication

English

Etymology

sophisticate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /səˌfɪs.tɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/

Noun

sophistication (countable and uncountable, plural sophistications)

Enlightenment or education.
Cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire.
Deceptive logic; sophistry.
Falsification or contamination.
Complexity.
Ability to deal with complexity.
(archaic) The act of sophisticating; adulteration.
the sophistication of drugs

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Antonyms

(cultivated intellectual worldliness): provincialism

Derived terms

oversophistication

Translations

enlightenment or education

Polish: zaawansowanie n

Scottish Gaelic: ionnsachadh m (education)

cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire

German: Kultiviertheit f

Polish: obycie n, wyrobienie n

deceptive logic; sophistry

German: Raffinesse (de) f

Hungarian: álokoskodás (hu), hamis érvelés

falsification or contamination

Hungarian: meghamisítás, elferdítés (hu)

complexity

German: Raffinesse (de) f, Komplexheit f, Ausgereiftheit m, Sophistikation f, Hochentwicklung f

Polish: finezja (pl) f, wyrafinowanie (pl) n

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Translations to be checked

French: sophistication f
German: Kultiviertheit f, Raffinesse f, Verfeinerung f
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} sophistication, ^{(please verify)} mundanitate, ^{(please verify)} saper viver

Italian: ^{(please verify)} sofisticazione (it)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} sofisticación

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɔ.fis.ti.ka.sjɔ̃/
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Noun

sophistication f (plural sophistications)

sophistication

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