sophistication
sophisticated character, ideas, tastes, or ways as the result of education, worldly experience, etc.: the sophistication of the wealthy.
change from the natural character or simplicity, or the resulting condition.
complexity, as in design or organization.
impairment or debasement, as of purity or genuineness.
the use of sophistry; a sophism, quibble, or fallacious argument.
Origin of sophistication
1Other words from sophistication
- an·ti·so·phis·ti·ca·tion, noun
- hy·per·so·phis·ti·ca·tion, noun
- o·ver·so·phis·ti·ca·tion, noun
- self-so·phis·ti·ca·tion, noun
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How to use sophistication in a sentence
Compared to 2016, Russia’s online interference strategies have grown in sophistication, says Dov Levin, assistant professor of international relations at the University of Hong Kong.
Spy Wars: The Hidden Foe America Must Defeat to Save Its Democracy | Charu Kasturi | September 13, 2020 | OzyThe Lazarus laundering operation, says Janczewski, involves creating and maintaining hundreds of false accounts and identities, a consistent level of sophistication and effort that underlines just how important the operation is for Pyongyang.
North Korean hackers steal billions in cryptocurrency. How do they turn it into real cash? | Patrick O'Neill | September 10, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewIn the end there will likely be four or perhaps five relatively large providers that can offer competing levels of technological sophistication and reach.
InMarket buys NinthDecimal to compete with Foursquare more effectively | Greg Sterling | September 9, 2020 | Search Engine LandSome retailers are media owners in their own right and so there are different levels of sophistication around commerce activations.
‘Retailers are media owners in their own right’: Why e-commerce is driving more of Unilever’s media spend | Seb Joseph | September 9, 2020 | DigidayConservatives scoring highest on tests for cognitive sophistication or quantitative reasoning skills are most susceptible to motivated reasoning about climate science.
Coronavirus Responses Highlight How Humans Are Hardwired To Dismiss Facts That Don’t Fit Their Worldview | LGBTQ-Editor | July 2, 2020 | No Straight News
Lacey Noonan's A Gronking to Remember makes 50 Shades of Grey look like Madame Bovary in terms of its literary sophistication.
‘A Gronking to Remember’ Speed Read: 8 Naughtiest Bits | Emily Shire | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTSo, the display—which has the aesthetic sophistication of a middle school science project—will go up for week.
His dresses were worn by Hollywood stars and first ladies, emanating glamour and sophistication.
Fashion Designer Oscar de la Renta, American Great, Dead at 82 | Tim Teeman | October 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis Palmer stands for elegance and sophistication: the embodiment of natural gifts, both athletic and personal.
Anyone who thinks otherwise, to employ the emotional sophistication of “Shake It Off,” can suck it.
She chattered with the childish artlessness that at times veiled her sophistication.
The Highgrader | William MacLeod RaineTheir being very much cheaper accounts for the sophistication.
Detection of the Common Food Adulterants | Edwin M. Brucesophistication has often been resorted to in order ostensibly to improve damaged or cheap coffee.
All About Coffee | William H. UkersIt is the ideal of being natural, of being primitive, dismissing "refinements" and the tricks of literary sophistication.
Colors of Life | Max EastmanGlahn and Edvarda are both essentially and deeply primitive though afflicted with a blight of sophistication.
Knut Hamsun | Hanna Astrup Larsen
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