Refinement

//ɹəˈfaɪnmənt//

Synonyms for "refinement" (291 found)

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Strong matches (87)

culturedaintinessdecoctiondeductiondelicacydelicate distinctiondelicatenessdestructive distillationdetaildevelopmentdifferentiadifferentialdignitydiplomacydirectnessdiscernmentdiscriminating tastediscriminatingnessdiscriminationdiscriminativeness
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disentanglementdisinvolvementdistillatedistillationdistinctiondowndowninesseaseeducationedulcorationelaborationeleganceelegancyelevationelixirelutionelutriationembellishmentenculturationenhancementenlightenmenterosionessenceessentializationevolutionexactingnessexactitudeexactnessexcellenceexquisitenessextractextractionfaithfulnessfastidiousnessfaultlessnessfeelfeelingfelicitousnessfelicityfidelityfilminessfilteringfiltrationfine palatefine pointfine-grainednessfinenessfinessefinicalityfinicalnessfinickinessfinickingnessfinishfittingnessflawlessnessflowflowing periodsfluencyflufffluffinessfussinessfuzzfuzziness

Related words (145)

genteelnessgentilitygentlemanlikenessgentlemanlinessgentlenessgood breedinggood tastegossamerinessgracegracefulnessgracilitygraciositygraciousnesshairlineimprovementinfusionjudiciousnessladylikenessleachinglimpidity
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literalismliteralityliteralnesslixiviationluciditymaking distinctionsmarginmathematical precisionmaturationmeticulousnessminutenessminutianarrow marginnarrowingnaturalnessneatnessnice distinctionnicenessniceness of distinctionnicetypalateparticle of differenceparticularityparticularnesspeach fuzzpelluciditypercolationperfectionperspicuityplainnesspoint of differencepolitenesspolitesseprecisenessprecisianismprecisionproprietypubescencepunctiliousnesspunctualitypurificationpurifyingpurityqualityquintessencerefined discriminationrefined palateremovalrestraintriddlingrightrightnessrigidityrigidnessrigorrigorousnessripeningsatinsatininesssavoir-fairescreeningscrupulosityscrupulousnessseasoningseemlinessselectivenesssensesensibilitysensitivityseparationseverityshade of differencesievingsiftingsilksilkinesssimplicitysimplificationsmoothnesssocializationsoftnesssophisticationspiritspiritualizationstraightforwardnessstrainingstreamliningstrictnessstrippingstripping downstylesuavenesssuavitysubductionsublationsublimationsubtle distinctionsubtletysubtractiontacttactfulnesstaking awaytastetastefulnesstersenesstextualismthe letterunaffectednessunclutteringunscramblingunsnarlingurbanityvelvetvelvetinesswide marginwinnowing

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Translations

65 translations across 22 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • تَكْرِير noun (act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • пречистване noun (act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material)
  • рафиниране noun (act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material)
  • финес noun (high-class style; cultivation)

Czech

1 entries
  • rafinace noun (act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material)

Danish

2 entries
  • raffinement noun (high-class style; cultivation)
  • raffinement noun (fine or subtle distinction)

Dutch

2 entries
  • verfijning noun (fine or subtle distinction)
  • zuivering noun (act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material)

Finnish

4 entries
  • hienokäytöksisyys noun (high-class style; cultivation)
  • hienostuneisuus noun (high-class style; cultivation)
  • jalostaminen noun (act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material)
  • jalostus noun (act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material)

French

1 entries
  • raffinement noun (high-class style; cultivation)

Galician

1 entries
  • refino noun (act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material)

German

4 entries
  • Verbesserung noun (act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material)
  • Veredeln noun (high-class style; cultivation)
  • Veredelung noun (act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material)
  • Veredelung noun (high-class style; cultivation)

Hindi

2 entries
  • प्रसंस्करण noun (act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material)
  • शोधन noun (act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • kifinomultság noun (high-class style; cultivation)

Japanese

2 entries
  • みやび noun (act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material)
  • みやび noun (high-class style; cultivation)

Latin

1 entries
  • urbānitās noun (high-class style; cultivation)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • истенченост noun (fine or subtle distinction)
  • префинетост noun (high-class style; cultivation)
  • прочистување noun (act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material)
  • рафинирање noun (act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡧᡠ noun (high-class style; cultivation)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • تصفیه noun (act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material)
  • طبیعت noun (high-class style; cultivation)
  • قال noun (act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material)
  • نازكلك noun (high-class style; cultivation)

Polish

1 entries
  • elegancja noun (high-class style; cultivation)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • finesse noun (high-class style; cultivation)
  • fineza noun (high-class style; cultivation)
  • finura noun (high-class style; cultivation)
  • refinamento noun (high-class style; cultivation)

Romanian

4 entries
  • delicatețe noun (high-class style; cultivation)
  • finețe noun (high-class style; cultivation)
  • rafinaj noun (act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material)
  • rafinament noun (high-class style; cultivation)

Spanish

2 entries
  • refinación noun (act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material)
  • refinamiento noun (high-class style; cultivation)

Swedish

4 entries
  • förfining noun (act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material)
  • förfining noun (high-class style; cultivation)
  • förfining noun (fine or subtle distinction)
  • raffinemang noun (high-class style; cultivation)

Turkish

4 entries
  • arıtma noun (act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material)
  • arıtma noun (high-class style; cultivation)
  • arıtım noun (act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material)
  • arıtım noun (high-class style; cultivation)

Sample sentences

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What atrocities do we not perpetrate in the name of culture and refinement!

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Simplicity of life, even the barest, is not a misery, but the very foundation of refinement.

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This is the height of refinement.

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You look like a woman of refinement.

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