Definitions of sophistication:

  • noun:   falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies
    Example: "He practiced the art of sophistication upon reason"
  • noun:   the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated through cultivation or experience or disillusionment
  • noun:   being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject
    Example: "Understanding affine transformations requires considerable mathematical sophistication"
  • noun:   uplifting enlightenment
  • noun:   a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone