Synonyms for Refinement

Synonyms for "refinement" (369 found)

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Closest matches (74)

Noun(14 words)

polish purification adjustment artfulness burnish burnishing chichi civilisation civilizationcivilize social normscivilizing classiness cleansing crystallization

ablation abrasion absoluteness abstraction acculturation accuracyacquired tasteappreciationappreciation of differencesappreciation of excellenceappreciativeness appropriatenessartistic judgmentattention to detailattention to factatticism beautification bettering betterment bolting

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breedingcare for truthcharm chasteness chastity choiceness circumstantiality civility civilizationcivilized tastecivilizedness clarification clarifying clarity class classicalism classicism cleaning cleansing clearness colature comeliness concentrate concentration connoisseurship conscientiousness correctness courtesy courtlinesscritical nicenesscriticality criticalnesscultivated tastecultivation

Adjective(4 words)

changing modelchiccivilizing influencecultivated manners

Verb(2 words)

civilize behaviorcivilize people

Strong matches (111)

Noun(14 words)

cultivation culture culturedness dandyismdegree of sophisticationdisagreeing edits elaborating elaboration enhancements fanciness finishfurther developgentility

culture daintiness decoction deduction delicacydelicate distinctiondelicatenessdestructive distillationdetail development differentia differential dignity diplomacy directness discernmentdiscriminating tastediscriminatingness discrimination discriminativeness

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Adjective(2 words)

cultured lifeexquisite taste

Related words (184)

graciousness hairline improvement infusion judiciousness ladylikeness leaching limpidity literalism literality literalness lixiviation luciditymaking distinctionsmarginmathematical precisionmaturation meticulousness minuteness minutia

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narrow marginnarrowing naturalness neatnessnice distinctionnicenessniceness of distinctionnicety nuance palateparticle of differenceparticularity particularnesspeach fuzzpellucidity percolation perfection perspicuity plainnesspoint of differencepolish politeness politesse preciseness precisianism precision propriety pubescence punctiliousness punctuality purification purifying purity quality quintessencerefined discriminationrefined palaterefining removal restraint riddling right rightness rigidity rigidness rigor rigorousness ripening satin satininess savoir-faire screening scrupulosity scrupulousness seasoning seemliness selectiveness sense sensibility sensitivity separation severityshade of differencesieving sifting silk silkiness simplicity simplification smoothness socialization softness sophistication spirit spiritualization straightforwardness straining streamlining strictness strippingstripping downstyle suaveness suavity subduction sublation sublimationsubtle distinctionsubtlety subtraction tact tactfulnesstaking awaytaste tastefulness terseness textualismthe letterunaffectedness uncluttering unscrambling unsnarling urbanity velvet velvetinesswide marginwinnowing

Noun(48 words)

honingmake wording precisemodificationmodificaçãomore civilizedmore culturallymore refinedmore world civilizationalmost advancednicety nuance nuances optimizations optimizing perfecting petitenesspolish oficjalnypolish transformowaćpolish uppolishes

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polishing preciosity preciousnessprototype designpurification processrectifying refining retouches ripeness sensibilitiesservice improvementshade sharpening smartening sophisticating sophistication stylishness subdivisionsubdivision functionsubstance purificationsubtleties subtletytaste qualitytinkeringtransformation processtweak upgrade virtuosity

Verb(3 words)

improve stylepolish akademickipolish dyscyplina

Adjective(6 words)

ongoing changepolish akcjapolished finishprofessional fluencyspanish culturaswedish perfektion

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More general

18 entries

advance betterment change character culture excellence flawlessness import improvement meaningne plus ultraperfection process processing quality significance

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More specific

9 entries

adjustment crystallizationcultured tastedistillation filtrationgood mannersgraceful bearingmodification tweak

Collocations

6 entries

continuous refinementcultural refinementlinguistic refinementmetal refinementrefinement of techniquesrefinement process

Inflections

1 entries

refinements

Derivations

4 entries

refine refined refinements refining

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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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