sophistication

1. (countable, uncountable)Enlightenment or education.

   Erfahrenheit, Beschlagenheit, Ausgereiftheit

   просвеще́ниеprosveščénije

   uplifting enlightenment

2. (countable, uncountable)Cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire.

   Kultiviertheit, Raffinesse

   искушённостьiskušónnostʹ, утончённостьutončónnostʹ

3. (countable, uncountable)Deceptive logic; sophistry.

   Raffinesse

   софи́стикаsofístika

4. (countable, uncountable)Falsification, contamination.

   фальсифика́цияfalʹsifikácija

5. (countable, uncountable)Complexity.

   The police force were unable to deal with the sophistication of the criminal network.

   Raffinesse, Komplexheit, Ausgereiftheit

   сло́жностьslóžnostʹ, изощрённостьizoščrjónnostʹ

6. (countable, uncountable)Ability to deal with complexity.

7. (archaic, countable, uncountable)The act of sophisticating; adulteration.

   the sophistication of drugs

1. Automobile transmissions have grown in sophistication over the years.

   deAutomobilgetriebe haben über die Jahre an Raffinesse gewonnen.

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2. The black leather couch added a touch of sophistication.

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3. The black tie event had an air of sophistication.

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4. His black-rimmed glasses added an air of sophistication.

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5. Complexity is often a device for claiming sophistication, or for evading simple truths.

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