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Sophisticate
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Meaning
Verb
●
To make (something) less
innocent
or natural; to artificialize.
●
To make (something) more
sophisticated
(“complex, developed, or
refined
”); to develop, to refine.
●
To make (oneself or someone) more
sophisticated
(“experienced in the ways
of the world
, that is,
cosmopolitan
or
worldly-wise
”); to
cosmopolitan
ize.
●
In People:
To
alter
and make
impure
(something) by
mixing
it with some
foreign
or
inferior
substance
, especially with an
intention
to
deceive
; to
adulterate
; (generally) to
corrupt
or
deceive
(someone, their
thinking
, etc.).
●
To change the
meaning
of (something) in a
deceptive
or
misleading
way.
●
To
apply
an
artificial
technique
to (something).
●
To
practise
sophistry
(“the (deliberate)
making of
arguments
that seem
plausible
but are
fallacious
or misleading”).
Noun
●
In People:
A person who is
sophisticated
(“experienced in the ways
of the world
, that is,
cosmopolitan
or
worldly-wise
”), or who has
sophisticated
tastes.
Adj
●
Synonym of
sophisticated
(adjective)
Of a person:
experienced
in the ways
of the world
;
cosmopolitan
, worldly-wise.
Of a
thing
: having its
meaning
changed
in a
deceptive
or
misleading
way.
●
In People:
Synonym of
sophisticated
(adjective)
Of
art
or other things:
appealing
to the
tastes
of an
intellectual
or
sophisticated
(sense 1.1) person;
cerebral
; also,
cultured
,
elegant
, refined.
Mixed with a
foreign
or
inferior
substance
; not
genuine
or
pure
;
adulterated
, impure.
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