Sophistication

n.

1.

The act of sophisticating; adulteration; as, the sophistication of drugs.

Noun	1.	sophistication - uplifting enlightenment Synonyms: edification
	2.	sophistication - a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone Synonyms: sophism, sophistry
	3.	sophistication - being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject; "understanding affine transformations requires considerable mathematical sophistication"
	4.	sophistication - the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated through cultivation or experience or disillusionment Synonyms: worldliness Antonyms: naiveness, naivete, naivety - lack of sophistication or worldliness
	5.	sophistication - falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies; "he practiced the art of sophistication upon reason"

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