sophistication
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Definition of sophistication
7 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)Enlightenment or education.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)Enlightenment or education.
- (countable, uncountable)Cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire.
- (countable, uncountable)Deceptive logic; sophistry.
- (countable, uncountable)Falsification, contamination.
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(countable, uncountable)Complexity.
“The police force were unable to deal with the sophistication of the criminal network.”
- (countable, uncountable)Ability to deal with complexity.
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(archaic, countable, uncountable)The act of sophisticating; adulteration.
“the sophistication of drugs”
“how generally they [drugs] are adulterated by the fraudulent avarice of the feller ; especially when the sophistication is very gainful”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English sophisticacion, sophisticacioun, sophisticacoun, from Old French sofisticacion, sophisticacion, from Medieval Latin sophisticātiōnis. By surface analysis, sophisticate + -ion.
Words you can make from sophistication
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24 words- CASHPOINT 16 pts
- PHOTONICS 16 pts
- PHOTOSCAN 16 pts
- PISTACHIO 16 pts
- SOCIOPATH 16 pts
- SOPHISTIC 16 pts
- CANTHITIS 14 pts
- CHITOSANS 14 pts
- COONSHITS 14 pts
- SAINTSHIP 14 pts
- OPTICIANS 13 pts
- OPTICISTS 13 pts
- PIANISTIC 13 pts
- SCOTOPIAS 13 pts
- SINCIPITA 13 pts
- TITHONIAS 12 pts
- CITATIONS 11 pts
- ISOSTATIC 11 pts
- PASTITSIO 11 pts
- POSITIONS 11 pts
- POTATIONS 11 pts
- SPITTOONS 11 pts
- STICTIONS 11 pts
- OSTINATOS 9 pts
8-letter words
50 words- APHONICS 15 pts
- ISOPACHS 15 pts
- PACHISIS 15 pts
- PHOTONIC 15 pts
- SIPHONIC 15 pts
- TOPNOTCH 15 pts
- ANTISHIP 13 pts
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- INCIPITS 12 pts
- ISOTOPIC 12 pts
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- PACTIONS 12 pts
- PISCINAS 12 pts
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- SHOOTIST 11 pts
- TITHONIA 11 pts
- CITATION 10 pts
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- SPITTOON 10 pts
- STICTION 10 pts
- TACTIONS 10 pts
- OSTINATI 8 pts
- OSTINATO 8 pts
- STATIONS 8 pts
7-letter words
91 words- APHONIC 14 pts
- APHOTIC 14 pts
- CHOPINS 14 pts
- HAPTICS 14 pts
- ISOPACH 14 pts
- OPHITIC 14 pts
- PACHISI 14 pts
- PHONICS 14 pts
- PHOTICS 14 pts
- PONCHOS 14 pts
- SCHNAPS 14 pts
- SPATHIC 14 pts
- SPINACH 14 pts
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- CHITINS 12 pts
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- HATPINS 12 pts
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- ISOTACH 12 pts
- PHOTINO 12 pts
- PHOTONS 12 pts
- POTSHOT 12 pts
- SHITCAN 12 pts
- SIPHONS 12 pts
- SONSHIP 12 pts
- SOPHIST 12 pts
- TACHIST 12 pts
- THIONIC 12 pts
- CAPTION 11 pts
- CATNIPS 11 pts
- INCIPIT 11 pts
- OPSONIC 11 pts
- PACTION 11 pts
- PISCINA 11 pts
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- TIPCATS 11 pts
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- ATISHOO 10 pts
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- SOONISH 10 pts
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- STONISH 10 pts
- TAHINIS 10 pts
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- OCTANTS 9 pts
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- PISTONS 9 pts
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- POSTINS 9 pts
- POTIONS 9 pts
- PTISANS 9 pts
- SCOTIAS 9 pts
- SINOPIA 9 pts
- SPINTOS 9 pts
- STATICS 9 pts
- TACTION 9 pts
- TITANIC 9 pts
- TOCSINS 9 pts
- TOSSPOT 9 pts
- ISATINS 7 pts
- STATINS 7 pts
- STATION 7 pts
- STOTINS 7 pts
- TANISTS 7 pts
- TATSOIS 7 pts
- TITIANS 7 pts
6-letter words
31 words- CAPISH 13 pts
- ANCHOS 11 pts
- ASPISH 11 pts
- CAHOOT 11 pts
- CANTHI 11 pts
- CASHOO 11 pts
- CHAINS 11 pts
- CHANTS 11 pts
- CHINAS 11 pts
- CHINOS 11 pts
- CHINTS 11 pts
- CHITIN 11 pts
- CHITON 11 pts
- ASPICS 10 pts
- ATOPIC 10 pts
- CAPONS 10 pts
- CAPOTS 10 pts
- CATNIP 10 pts
- ACTINS 8 pts
- ACTION 8 pts
- ANISIC 8 pts
- ANTICS 8 pts
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- ASCOTS 8 pts
- ATONIC 8 pts
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- CANSOS 8 pts
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- CASINI 8 pts
- CASINO 8 pts
- CATION 8 pts
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