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sophistication

/səˌfɪs.tɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ · noun

Meaning

  1. Enlightenment or education.
  2. Cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire.
  3. Deceptive logic; sophistry.
  4. Falsification or contamination.
  5. Complexity.
  6. Ability to deal with complexity.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

worldliness(English)edification(English)expertise(English)know-how(English)ingenuity(English)knowledge(English)resourcefulness(English)accuracy(English)elegance(English)complexity(English)simplicity(English)sophisticated(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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