Crossword clues for sophistication
sophistication
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sophistication \So*phis`ti*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. LL. sophisticatio,
F. sophistication.]
The act of sophisticating; adulteration; as, the
sophistication of drugs.
--Boyle.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., "use of sophistry; fallacious argument intended to mislead; adulteration; an adulterated or adulterating substance," from Medieval Latin sophisticationem (nominative sophisticatio), noun of action from past participle stem of sophisticare "adulterate, cheat quibble," from Latin sophisticus "of sophists," from Greek sophistikos "of or pertaining to a sophist," from sophistes "a wise man, master, teacher" (see sophist). Meaning "wordly wisdom, refinement, discrimination" is attested from 1850.
Wiktionary
n. 1 enlightenment or education. 2 cultivated intellectual worldliness; savoir-faire. 3 deceptive logic; sophistry. 4 falsification or contamination. 5 complexity 6 Ability to deal with complexity 7 (context archaic English) The act of sophisticate; adulteration.
WordNet
n. uplifting enlightenment [syn: edification]
a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone [syn: sophism, sophistry]
being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject; "understanding affine transformations requires considerable mathematical sophistication"
the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated through cultivation or experience or disillusionment [syn: worldliness] [ant: naivete]
falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies; "he practiced the art of sophistication upon reason"
Wikipedia
Sophistication is, by earlier definitions, the act of denaturing or simplifying. Sophistication is in direct conflict with nature. Modern definitions include quality of refinement — displaying good taste, wisdom and subtlety rather than crudeness, stupidity and vulgarity. In the perception of social class, sophistication can link with concepts such as status, privilege and superiority.
In algorithmic information theory, sophistication is a measure of complexity related to algorithmic entropy.
When K is the Kolmogorov complexity and c is a constant, the sophistication of x can be defined as
Soph(x) : = inf{K(S) : x ∈ S ∧ K(x ∣ S) ≥ log(∣S∣) − c ∧ ∣S∣ ∈ N}.The constant c is called significance. The S variable ranges over finite sets.
Intuitively, sophistication measures the complexity of a set of which the object is a "generic" member. __NOTOC__
Usage examples of "sophistication".
Chakans were reputable fighters known for the simplicity of their tactics and sophistication of their equipment, yet a few moments of apocalyptic alien fury had obliterated ships and soldiers as thoroughly as moths in a volcano.
The tremendous increase in and new sophistication of infant development research in the last ten years have shed new light on the understanding of what babies need.
Judging by the sophistication of the transporter devices and the calm with which old Pointed Ears had 178 faced brickel earlier, these Planet-Hoppers just might figure everything out.
He tried hard to ignore her seductive perfume, and her beautifully manicured fingernails, and her perfect smile, which was surely just her being pleasant, because women of her age and beauty and obvious sophistication were not supposed to be attracted to young men like Chub Farrell.
Somatic reward, in-human soft-skin-bliss, hip sophistication, erotic movement, hedonic consumption.
What surprised Algernon was the degree and sophistication of the miniaturized mechanology all around him.
The complexity and sophistication of its modeling is precisely why the Myrrhies were interested.
These days it was a sign of culture and sophistication to show Bellona as an armed goddess, Ceres as a beautiful matron carrying a sheaf of wheat, Mercury with winged hat and winged sandals, because a Hellenized society was superior, because a Hellenized society despised more numinous gods as primitive, unintellectual, incapable of behavior as complex as human behavior.
Elmer Cowley THE UNTOLD LIE, concerning Ray Pearson DRINK, concerning Tom Foster DEATH, concerning Doctor Reefy and Elizabeth Willard SOPHISTICATION, concerning Helen White DEPARTURE, concerning George Willard INTRODUCTION by Irving Howe I must have been no more than fifteen or sixteen years old when I first chanced upon Winesburg, Ohio.
Mr Turnbull, relapsing into the language he associated with sophistication in matters of the heart.
In one poisonous sample which it fell to my lot to investigate, the evil had been caused by the sophistication of the anotta, employed for colouring cheese.
Considerably more sophistication would be required to manufacture anthrax for an aerosol release that could inflict mass casualties.
You and DEUS rose to such heights of sophistication with your game theory, minimax, quantified decisional space, that no notice was taken of the little pocket mirrors children play with, catching the sunlight.
The sophistication that was her heritage had left her, Renne decided as she walked over.
I liked them both, Spink for his ethics and earnestness and Trist for his elegance and sophistication.