| sophistication | (n) being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject, Example: understanding affine transformations requires considerable mathematical sophistication |
| sophistication | (n) the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment, Syn. worldliness, mundanity, mundaneness, Ant. naivete |
| sophistication | (n) falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies, Example: he practiced the art of sophistication upon reason |
| edification | (n) uplifting enlightenment, Syn. sophistication |
| sophism | (n) a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone, Syn. sophistication, sophistry |
| 伊達 | [だて(P);ダテ, date (P); date] (n, adj-na) (1) elegance; dandyism; sophistication; having style; (2) affectation; showing off; putting on an air; appearances; just for show; (P) #3,816 [Add to Longdo] |
| ソフィスティケーション | [sofisuteike-shon] (n) sophistication [Add to Longdo] |
| ソフィスティケート | [sofisuteike-to] (n, vs) sophistication (trans [Add to Longdo] |
| 悪擦;悪擦れ;悪摺れ;悪ずれ | [わるずれ, waruzure] (n, vs) over-sophistication [Add to Longdo] |
| 高度化 | [こうどか, koudoka] (n, vs) increase in sophistication; enhancement of functionality; increase in speed; upgrading [Add to Longdo] |
| 人擦れ;人摺れ | [ひとずれ, hitozure] (n, adj-no) (1) sophistication; wordly wisdom; (vs) (2) to lose one's innocence; to get sophisticated; to get to know the world by being in contact with people; to lose one's naivete [Add to Longdo] |
| 捻り;拈り;撚り | [ひねり, hineri] (n) (1) twist; spin; (2) ingenuity; sophistication (e.g. of writing style); (3) (See お捻り・おひねり) wrapped offering (of money); (4) twisting throw (sumo) [Add to Longdo] |