Definition of sophistication Sophistication

/sʌfɪˌstʌkejˈʃʌn/ - [sufistukeyshun] - so•phis•ti•ca•tion

We found 14 definitions of sophistication from 5 different sources.

What does sophistication mean?

Noun Plural: sophistications
sophistication - the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment
		worldliness, mundaneness, mundanity
		quality an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
sophistication - falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies; "he practiced the art of sophistication upon reason"
		falsehood, falsification a false statement
sophistication - being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject; "understanding affine transformations requires considerable mathematical sophistication"
		expertise, expertness skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge
sophistication - a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
		sophism, sophistry
		fallacy, false belief a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
sophistication - uplifting enlightenment
		edification
		enlightenment education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge