Automobile transmissions have grown in sophistication over the years.
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Sophistication
//səˌfɪs.tɪˈkeɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "sophistication" (121 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (36)
Related words (60)
intricacyjesuitismjesuitryknowledgeknowledgeabilitylearningliberal educationmisapplicationmystificationnicenessnicetyobfuscationobscurantismoversubtletypanachepast experienceperversionphilosophismplausibilityplausibleness
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poisepoisonpolishpractical knowledgepracticepresencequalityrationalizationrefinementsagacitysavoir fairesavoir-faireseasoningsophistical reasoningsophistryspecial pleadingspeciosityspecious reasoningspeciousnessstore of knowledgestylesubtletytastetastefulnesstemperinguncullibilityundeceivabilityungullibilityunhoaxabilityunseduceabilityurbanityvicious circlevicious reasoningworldly wisdom
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46 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- изисканост noun (cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire)
- изтънченост noun (cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire)
- подправяне noun (falsification)
- сложност noun (complexity)
Catalan
4 entries- finesa noun (cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire)
- finesa noun (deceptive logic; sophistry)
- sofisticació noun (enlightenment or education)
- sofisticació noun (cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 教養 /教养 noun (enlightenment or education)
French
1 entries- sophistication noun (enlightenment or education)
German
4 entries- Ausgereiftheit noun (complexity)
- Hochentwicklung noun (complexity)
- Komplexheit noun (complexity)
- Kultiviertheit noun (cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire)
Hungarian
4 entries- elferdítés noun (falsification)
- hamis érvelés noun (deceptive logic; sophistry)
- meghamisítás noun (falsification)
- álokoskodás noun (deceptive logic; sophistry)
Italian
4 entries- complessità noun (complexity)
- finezza noun (complexity)
- raffinatezza noun (cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire)
- sofisticazione noun (enlightenment or education)
Latin
1 entries- urbānitās noun (cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire)
Polish
4 entries- finezja noun (complexity)
- obycie noun (cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire)
- wyrafinowanie noun (complexity)
- wyrobienie noun (cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire)
Portuguese
1 entries- sofisticação noun (enlightenment or education)
Russian
4 entries- изощрённость noun (complexity)
- искушённость noun (cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire)
- просвеще́ние noun (enlightenment or education)
- сло́жность noun (complexity)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- ionnsachadh noun (enlightenment or education)
Spanish
2 entries- sofisticación noun (enlightenment or education)
- sofistiquez noun (deceptive logic; sophistry)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
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His very rough summary does not do justice to the original text and its intellectual sophistication.
Source: tatoeba (5294833)
Complexity is often a device for claiming sophistication, or for evading simple truths.
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