səˌfistəˈkāshən noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English sophisticacioun, from Medieval Latin sophistication-, sophisticatio, from sophisticatus + -ion-, -io -ion
1.
a. : the use or employment of sophistry : sophistical reasoning : misrepresentation or falsification in argument
b. : sophism , quibble
2. : an act of sophisticating : the quality or state of being sophisticated: as
a. : adulteration , adulterant ; also : something adulterated
b. : the quality or the character of being intellectually sophisticated (as through cultivation, experience, or disillusionment)
the text is simple and requires no scientific sophistication to be understood — D.L.Wolfle