| NOUN | cognition | sophistication, edification | uplifting enlightenment |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognition | sophistication, sophism, sophistry | a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity / ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone | |
| cognition | sophistication | being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject | |
| attribute | sophistication, worldliness, mundaneness, mundanity | the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment | |
| act | sophistication | falsification by the use of sophistry |
| Sounds | sahfih.stahkey'shahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | uplifting enlightenment. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | edification | |
| Narrower | disenchantment, disillusion, disillusionment | Freeing from false belief or illusions |
| Broader | enlightenment | education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge |
| Spanish | edificación, sofisticación | |
| Catalan | sofisticació | |
| Meaning | A deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity / ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | sophism, sophistry | |
| Broader | fallacy, false belief | A misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning |
| Spanish | argucia, sofisma, sofismo, sofista, sofistería | |
| Catalan | sofisma, sofista, sofística | |
| Verbs | sophisticate | practice sophistry |
| Meaning | expert or having knowledge of some technical subject. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "understanding affine transformations requires considerable mathematical sophistication" | |
| Broader | expertness, expertise | skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge |
| Spanish | sofisticación | |
| Verbs | sophisticate | make more complex or refined |
| Meaning | The quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | worldliness, mundaneness, mundanity | |
| Broader | quality | An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone |
| Opposite | naivete, naivety, naiveness | lack of sophistication or worldliness |
| Spanish | mundología, sofisticación | |
| Catalan | sofisticació | |
| Verbs | sophisticate | make less natural or innocent |
| Meaning | falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he practiced the art of sophistication upon reason" | |
| Broader | falsification, falsehood | The act of rendering something false / false / false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting |
| Verbs | sophisticate | practice sophistry |
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