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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sophistication

/səˌfɪs.tɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English

Syllables
so-phis-ti-ca-tion
IPA
/səˌfɪs.tɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
21
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Enlightenment or education.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Deceptive logic; sophistry.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Falsification, contamination.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Complexity.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Ability to deal with complexity.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The act of sophisticating; adulteration.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English sophisticacion, sophisticacioun, sophisticacoun, from Old French sofisticacion, sophisticacion, from Medieval Latin sophisticātiōnis. By surface analysis, sophisticate + -ion.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: sophisticacion,sophisticacioun,sophisticacoun, sofisticacion,sophisticacion, sophisticātiō

Usage

Inflected Forms

sophistications (plural)

Derived Forms

oversophistication ultrasophistication unsophistication

Synonyms

pollution adulteration contamination defedation defilement sophistication worldliness mundaneness mundanity

Antonyms

provincialism

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization nation location application

Questions

How do you pronounce sophistication?
The recorded pronunciation is /səˌfɪs.tɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/.
What does sophistication mean?
Enlightenment or education.
Where does sophistication come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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