sophisticated.html - n.
a false argument, esp. one intended to deceive. [ME f. OF sophime f. L f. Gk sophisma clever device f. sophizomai become wise f. sophos wise]

sophisticated.html - n.
1 one who reasons with clever but fallacious arguments.
2 Gk Antiq. a paid teacher of philosophy and rhetoric, esp. one associated with moral scepticism and specious reasoning.

sophistic adj. sophistical adj. sophistically adv. [L sophistes f. Gk sophistes f. sophizomai: see SOPHISM]

sophisticated.html - v.,
adj., & n. --v.

1 tr. make (a person etc.) educated, cultured, or refined.
2 tr. make (equipment or techniques etc.) highly developed or complex.
3 tr. a involve (a subject) in sophistry. b mislead (a person) by sophistry.
4 tr. deprive (a person or thing) of its natural simplicity, make artificial by worldly experience etc.
5 tr. tamper with (a text etc.) for purposes of argument etc.
6 tr. adulterate (wine etc.).
7 intr. use sophistry.

--adj.

sophisticated.

--n.

a sophisticated person.

sophistication n. [med.L sophisticare tamper with f. sophisticus (as SOPHISM)]

sophisticated.html - adj.
1 (of a person) educated and refined; discriminating in taste and judgement.
2 (of a thing, idea, etc.) highly developed and complex.

sophisticatedly adv.

sophisticated.html - n.
(pl. -ies)
1 the use of sophisms.
2 a sophism.

sophisticated.html - n.
a false argument, esp. one intended to deceive. [ME f. OF sophime f. L f. Gk sophisma clever device f. sophizomai become wise f. sophos wise]