Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sophistication"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sophistication \So*phis`ti*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. LL. sophisticatio,
F. sophistication.]
The act of sophisticating; adulteration; as, the
sophistication of drugs. --Boyle.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sophistication
n 1: uplifting enlightenment [syn: {edification}]
2: the quality or character of being intellectually
sophisticated through cultivation or experience or
disillusionment [syn: {worldliness}] [ant: {naivete}]
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