sophistication

English Thesaurus

1. falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies (noun.act)

hypernym	:	falsehood, falsification,
definition	:	the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting (noun.act)

2. the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	quality,
definition	:	an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone (noun.attribute)

3. being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	expertise, expertness,
definition	:	skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge (noun.cognition)

4. a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	fallacy, false belief,
definition	:	a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning (noun.cognition)

5. uplifting enlightenment (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	enlightenment,
definition	:	education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	disenchantment, disillusion, disillusionment,
definition	:	freeing from false belief or illusions (noun.cognition)

6. falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies (noun.act)

derivation	:	convolute, pervert, sophisticate, twist, twist around,
definition	:	practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive (verb.communication)

7. the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	naiveness, naivete, naivety,
definition	:	lack of sophistication or worldliness (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	sophisticate,
definition	:	make less natural or innocent (verb.social)

derivation	:	blase, worldly,
definition	:	very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world (adj.all)

derivation	:	mundane, terrestrial,
definition	:	concerned with the world or worldly matters (adj.all)

8. being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	sophisticate,
definition	:	make more complex or refined (verb.change)

9. a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	casuist, sophist,
definition	:	someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious (noun.person)

derivation	:	convolute, pervert, sophisticate, twist, twist around,
definition	:	practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive (verb.communication)

derivation	:	sophistic, sophistical,
definition	:	plausible but misleading (adj.all)

10. uplifting enlightenment (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	edify, enlighten,
definition	:	make understand (verb.communication)

11. falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies (noun.act)

derivation	:	convolute, pervert, sophisticate, twist, twist around,
definition	:	practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive (verb.communication)

12. the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment (noun.attribute)

antonym	:	naiveness, naivete, naivety,
definition	:	lack of sophistication or worldliness (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	sophisticate,
definition	:	make less natural or innocent (verb.social)

derivation	:	blase, worldly,
definition	:	very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world (adj.all)

derivation	:	mundane, terrestrial,
definition	:	concerned with the world or worldly matters (adj.all)

13. being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	sophisticate,
definition	:	make more complex or refined (verb.change)

14. a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	casuist, sophist,
definition	:	someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious (noun.person)

derivation	:	convolute, pervert, sophisticate, twist, twist around,
definition	:	practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive (verb.communication)

derivation	:	sophistic, sophistical,
definition	:	plausible but misleading (adj.all)

15. uplifting enlightenment (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	edify, enlighten,
definition	:	make understand (verb.communication)