sophistication

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English sophisticacion, sophisticacioun, sophisticacoun, from Old French sofisticacion, sophisticacion, from Medieval Latin sophisticātiōnis. By surface analysis, sophisticate +‎ -ion. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /səˌfɪs.tɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ Hyphenation: so‧phis‧ti‧ca‧tion === Noun === sophistication (countable and uncountable, plural sophistications) Enlightenment or education. Cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire. Deceptive logic; sophistry. Falsification, contamination. Complexity. Ability to deal with complexity. (archaic) The act of sophisticating; adulteration. Synonyms: pollution; see also Thesaurus:contamination ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “cultivated intellectual worldliness”): provincialism ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “sophistication”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “sophisticāciǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. “sophistication, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. “sophistication”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɔ.fis.ti.ka.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === sophistication f (plural sophistications) sophistication === Further reading === “sophistication”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012