"sophistication" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /səˌfɪs.tɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sophistication.wav Forms: sophistications [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English sophisticacion, sophisticacioun, sophisticacoun, from Old French sofisticacion, sophisticacion and Medieval Latin sophisticātio, -iōnis. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|sophisticacion}} Middle English sophisticacion, {{der|en|fro|sofisticacion}} Old French sofisticacion, {{der|en|ML.|sophisticātio}} Medieval Latin sophisticātio Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sophistication (countable and uncountable, plural sophistications)
  1. Enlightenment or education. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (enlightenment or education): 教養 (Chinese Mandarin), 教养 (jiàoyǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), zaawansowanie [neuter] (Polish), ionnsachadh [masculine] [education] (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-sophistication-en-noun-pz8qlYdk Disambiguation of 'enlightenment or education': 91 0 1 1 3 4 0
  2. Cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire): изисканост (iziskanost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), изтънченост (iztǎnčenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Kultiviertheit [feminine] (German), raffinatezza [feminine] (Italian), urbānitās [feminine] (Latin), obycie [neuter] (Polish), wyrobienie [neuter] (Polish)
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  3. Deceptive logic; sophistry. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (deceptive logic; sophistry): софистика (sofistika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Raffinesse [feminine] (German), álokoskodás (Hungarian), hamis érvelés (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-sophistication-en-noun-wYfdbxfZ Disambiguation of 'deceptive logic; sophistry': 1 1 97 0 1 1 1
  4. Falsification or contamination. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (falsification or contamination): подправяне (podpravjane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), фалшификация (falšifikacija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), meghamisítás (Hungarian), elferdítés (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-sophistication-en-noun-K0qx0KFy Disambiguation of 'falsification or contamination': 1 1 0 94 2 2 1
  5. Complexity. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (complexity): сложност (složnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Raffinesse [feminine] (German), Komplexheit [feminine] (German), Ausgereiftheit [masculine] (German), Sophistikation [feminine] (German), Hochentwicklung [feminine] (German), complessità [feminine] (Italian), finezza [feminine] (Italian), finezja [feminine] (Polish), wyrafinowanie [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-sophistication-en-noun--HpPFcZp Disambiguation of 'complexity': 1 0 0 1 71 26 0
  6. Ability to deal with complexity. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  7. (archaic) The act of sophisticating; adulteration. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: oversophistication

Noun [French]

IPA: /sɔ.fis.ti.ka.sjɔ̃/ Audio: Fr-Paris--sophistication.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-sophistication.wav Forms: sophistications [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} sophistication f (plural sophistications)
  1. sophistication Tags: feminine
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Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "complessità"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "complexity",
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      "sense": "complexity",
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