sophistication
suh fi stuh kay shuhn
- n uplifting enlightenment
- n a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
- n being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject
understanding affine transformations requires considerable mathematical sophistication - n the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment
- n falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies
he practiced the art of sophistication upon reason
- It lacks the elegance of the croissant, the sophistication of the English muffin, the intrigue of the bagel.
- Turning Heads: Rinngo Sheena has emerged as a Japanese artist of atypical sophistication.
- In 1992's The Player, Tim Robbins' character, the consummate Hollywood insider, showed his sophistication at restaurants through his ability to differentiate among various kinds of .