Definitions
falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies
Word origin
From Middle English sophisticacion, sophisticacioun, sophisticacoun, from Old French sofisticacion, sophisticacion, from Medieval Latin sophisticātiōnis. By surface analysis, sophisticate + -ion.
Used in a sentence
“The police force were unable to deal with the sophistication of the criminal network.”
“the sophistication of drugs”
“how generally they [drugs] are adulterated by the fraudulent avarice of the feller ; especially when the sophistication is very gainful”
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01“Worldliness”14 letters
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