Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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sophisticate | Yes | No | Yes | No |
sophistication | Yes | No | No | No |
sophisticate (noun) | sophistication (noun) |
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a worldly-wise person | falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies |
the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment | |
uplifting enlightenment | |
being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject | |
a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone |
sophisticate (verb) | sophistication (verb) |
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make more complex or refined | |
alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive | |
practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive | |
make less natural or innocent |