Antonyms for sophistication
səˌfɪs tɪˈkeɪ ʃənso·phis·ti·ca·tion

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1. sophisticationnoun

   Cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire.

   Antonyms:
   provincialism

Matched Categories

1. • Enlightenment
   • Expertness
   • Falsification

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1. edification, sophisticationnoun

   uplifting enlightenment

   Antonyms:
   naivete, naiveness, naivety

   Synonyms:
   worldliness, edification, mundaneness, sophistry, mundanity, sophism

2. sophism, sophistry, sophisticationnoun

   a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone

   Antonyms:
   naiveness, naivety, naivete

   Synonyms:
   worldliness, edification, sophistry, mundaneness, mundanity, sophism

3. sophisticationnoun

   being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject

   "understanding affine transformations requires considerable mathematical sophistication"

   Antonyms:
   naivete, naiveness, naivety

   Synonyms:
   worldliness, edification, sophistry, mundaneness, mundanity, sophism

4. sophistication, worldliness, mundaneness, mundanitynoun

   the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment

   Antonyms:
   naivety, naiveness, naivete

   Synonyms:
   worldliness, mundanity, mundaneness, sophism, ordinariness, edification, sophistry

5. sophisticationnoun

   falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies

   "he practiced the art of sophistication upon reason"

   Antonyms:
   naivete, naiveness, naivety

   Synonyms:
   worldliness, edification, sophistry, mundaneness, mundanity, sophism

How to use sophistication in a sentence?

1. Alex Bertolini:

   Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication - Leonardo DaVinci

2. Ryan Cummings:

   They've executed attacks on hotels before, but none at the level of sophistication or as spectacular as have been in recent months.

3. Barack Obama:

   Because if they do, there's incredible talent and resources and sophistication inside of Iran and it would be a very successful regional power that was also abiding by international norms and international rules - and that would be good for everybody.

4. Shlomo Kramer:

   Today, it's nation state attacks on critical infrastructure and organized crime attacks on financial assets. This requires much more sophistication.

5. Leonardo DaVinci:

   Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

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