SOPHISTICATION


Meaning of SOPHISTICATION in English

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

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.