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Dictionary: so·phis·ti·cate   (sə-fĭs'tĭ-kāt') pronunciation

v., -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates.

v.tr.
  1. To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly.
  2. To make impure; adulterate.
  3. To make more complex or inclusive; refine.
v.intr.
To use sophistry.

n. (-kĭt)
A sophisticated person.

[Middle English sophisticaten, to adulterate, from Medieval Latin sophisticāre, sophisticāt-, from Latin sophisticus, sophistic, from Greek sophistikos, from sophistēs, sophist. See sophist.]

sophistication so·phis'ti·ca'tion n.
sophisticator so·phis'ti·ca'tor n.

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verb

    To make impure or inferior by deceptively adding foreign substances: adulterate, debase, doctor, load. See clean/dirty.

Antonyms: sophistication
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n

Definition: culture, style
Antonyms: ingenuousness, naivety, simplicity


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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a worldly-wise person
  Synonym: man of the world


The verb sophisticate has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: make less natural or innocent

Meaning #2: practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
  Synonyms: twist, twist around, pervert, convolute

Meaning #3: alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive
  Synonyms: doctor, doctor up

Meaning #4: make more complex or refined


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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - fordreje, forfalske, gøre raffineret
v. intr. - fordreje, forfalske
adj. - raffineret, sofistikeret, forfinet, kunstlet
n. - en raffineret person, en sofistikeret person

Nederlands (Dutch)
gekunsteld maken, knoeien met, geraffineerd, subtiel, verfijnd, verfijnd persoon, werelds iemand

Français (French)
v. tr. - sophistiquer, corrompre, détourner, rendre plus complexe, raffiner
v. intr. - pratiquer le sophisme
adj. - raffiné
n. - personne raffinée

Deutsch (German)
v. - verbilden
adj. - kultiviert, anspruchsvoll
n. - Kultursnob

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - μορφώνω, (για μηχανήματα κ.λπ.) καθιστώ πολύπλοκο ή τεχνολογικά εξελιγμένο, προσδίδω εκζήτηση, νοθεύω, διαστρεβλώνω, παραποιώ, πλαστογραφώ, διαστρέφω (έννοια), αφαιρώ τη φυσικότητα
adj. - εξεζητημένος, επιτηδευμένος, εκλεπτυσμένος, πολύπλοκος
n. - σοφιστικέ άνθρωπος

Italiano (Italian)
sofisticare, sofisticato, persona sofisticata

Português (Portuguese)
v. - alterar, sofisticar
adj. - sofisticada (f), requintada (f)
n. - pessoa requintada, pessoa mundana

Русский (Russian)
человек с изысканным вкусом, проницательный человек, сноб, критически мыслящая личность, утонченный, сложный, фальсифицированный, с примесью, лишать простоты, разочаровывать, фальсифицировать, подмешивать, модернизировать, придавать изысканность

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - sofisticar, perfeccionar, adulterar, cosa compleja o falta de naturalidad
v. intr. - utilizar sofisma
adj. - sofisticado, complejo, perfeccionado, carente de naturalidad
n. - persona refinada, cosa compleja o falta de naturalidad

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - göra sofistikerad, förvränga, förfalska
adj. - sofistikerad
n. - sofistikerad person

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
篡改, 使变得世故, 曲解, 强词夺理, 诡辩, 老于世故的, 老练的, 精通的, 不落俗套的, 引起误解的, 窜改过的, 久经世故的人, 老油条

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 篡改, 使變得世故, 曲解
v. intr. - 強詞奪理, 詭辯
adj. - 老於世故的, 老練的, 精通的, 不落俗套的, 引起誤解的, 竄改過的
n. - 久經世故的人, 老油條

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 세련되게 하다, 복잡하게 하다, (원문 등을) 함부로 고치다
v. intr. - 궤변을 부리다, 말을 억지로 둘러대다
adj. - 순진하지 않은, 복잡한, 재치 있는
n. - 세상 일에 밝은 사람, 도시적인 뉘앙스, 인텔리

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 世慣れさせる, 洗練させる, まぜ物する, 複雑化する, 精巧にする, 詭弁を弄する
n. - 世慣れた人
adj. - 世慣れた, こじつけた

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يفقده بساطته أو سذاجته, يحرف نصا أو فقرة, يعقد (صفه) متكلف, معقد, محرف (الاسم) شخص رفيع ألثقافه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הטעה, התעה, הוליך שולל, עיוות‬
v. intr. - ‮התפלפל, השתמש בטיעון כוזב‬
adj. - ‮מתוחכם, מתורבת, מעודן, מושך אנשים מתוחכמים, שופט לפי טעמו‬
n. - ‮אדם מתוחכם, אדם רב-ניסיון‬


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