Noun Definition

sophistication

1.Definition: a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone

Related Noun(s):sophism, sophistry

Category: General

2.Definition: being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject

"Understanding affine transformations requires considerable mathematical sophistication"

Category: General

3.Definition: falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies

"He practiced the art of sophistication upon reason"

Category: General

4.Definition: the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment

Related Noun(s):mundaneness, mundanity, worldliness

Category: General

5.Definition: uplifting enlightenment

Related Noun(s):edification

Category: General