SOPHISTICATION

/səˌfɪs.tɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ Scrabble 21 Words With Friends 23

Scrabble letter values: S₁O₁P₃H₄I₁S₁T₁I₁C₃A₁T₁I₁O₁N₁ = 21

Definition

noun uplifting enlightenment. — synonyms: edification
noun a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone. — synonyms: sophism, sophistry
noun being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject.
noun the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment. — synonyms: worldliness, mundaneness, mundanity
noun falsification by the use of sophistry.

“understanding affine transformations requires considerable mathematical sophistication”
“misleading by means of specious fallacies”
“he practiced the art of sophistication upon reason”