noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ considerable , great
▪ growing , increased , increasing
▪ cool
▪ cultural , intellectual , musical , political , technical , technological , theoretical
… OF SOPHISTICATION
▪ degree , level
▪
Computers raised the level of ~ of these maps.
VERB + SOPHISTICATION
▪ have
▪
The decor has a cool ~.
▪ demonstrate , show
▪ lack
▪ grow in
▪
Financial markets have grown in ~ as well as size.
PREPOSITION
▪ with ~
▪
He writes with increasing ~ on the subject.
PHRASES
▪ an air of ~
▪
Despite her scruffy clothes, there was an air of ~ about her.
▪ a lack of ~
▪
He felt people were contemptuous of his lack of ~.
▪ a veneer of ~ ( esp. BrE )
▪
She adopted an upper-class accent to give herself a veneer of ~.