Sophistication

[sə,fɪstɪ'keɪʃn] or [sə,fɪstɪ'keʃən]

Definition

(noun.) falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies; 'he practiced the art of sophistication upon reason'.

(noun.) the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment.

(noun.) being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject; 'understanding affine transformations requires considerable mathematical sophistication'.

Editor: Yvonne--From WordNet

Definition

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

Editor: Michel

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Adulteration, corruption.

Checker: Virgil