Definition of sophistication

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  • sophistication is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 21
  • sophistication is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 21
  • sophistication is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 23

Definition of sophistication

  • a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. sophism
    2. sophistry
  • the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. mundaneness
    2. mundanity
    3. worldliness
  • uplifting enlightenment (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. edification
  • being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject (noun)

    Examples

    1. understanding affine transformations requires considerable mathematical sophistication
  • falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies (noun)

    Examples

    1. he practiced the art of sophistication upon reason

See definition of sophistication in Merriam Webster