sophisticated
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sophisticated
Where it comes from
First English usage circa 1601. From Medieval Latin sophisticatus.
adjective more sophisticated · most sophisticated
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Of a person: having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan, worldly-wise.
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Similar: sophisticate, worldly, urbane · Opposite: provincial
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Of art or other things: appealing to the tastes of an intellectual or sophisticated (sense 1) person; cerebral; also, cultured, elegant, refined.
Similar: sophisticate
- Complicated, especially of complex technology. The much more sophisticated and personable chatbots of today are the “Eliza effect on steroids,” [Sherry] Turkle said.
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Mixed with a foreign or inferior substance; not genuine or pure; unrefined, adulterated, impure.
Similar: polluted, tainted, adulterated, common, contaminated, corrupted, mixed, sophisticated
- Of a thing: having its meaning changed in a deceptive or misleading way.
verb
- simple past and past participle of sophisticate
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: worldly-wise, intelligent, intellectual, urbane, refined, well-informed, worldly, advanced, cosmopolitan, hi-tech, svelte, high-tech, blase, polished, well-developed, skilled
Translations
Every language
adj having obtained worldly experience
| Español | de mundo, sofisticado |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 有经验的 |
| Português | sofisticado |
| Français | cosmopolite |
| Deutsch | erfahren, weltgewandt, kultiviert |
| Italiano | sofisticato |
| Ελληνικά | έμπειρος émpeiros, πολύπειρος polýpeiros |
| Română | sofisticat |
| Русский | искушённый iskušónnyj, умудрённый umudrjónnyj, о́пытный ópytnyj |
adj elegant, refined
| Português | sofisticado, requintado |
|---|---|
| Français | chic, raffiné, mondain, sophistiqué |
| Deutsch | kultiviert, raffiniert |
| Ελληνικά | κομψός kompsós, εκλεπτυσμένος ekleptysménos |
adj appealing to the tastes of an intellectual
| Español | refinado, elegante, sofisticado |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 精炼的 |
| Português | sofisticado |
| Français | sophistiqué |
| Deutsch | raffiniert |
| Italiano | sofisticato |
| Ελληνικά | εγκεφαλικός egkefalikós |
| Română | rafinat, elegant, sofisticat |
| Русский | утончённый utončónnyj, изощрённый izoščrjónnyj |
adj complicated, especially of technology
| Español | sofisticado, complejo, complicado, elaborado |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 정교한 jeonggyohan |
| 中文 | 先进的 |
| Português | sofisticado |
| Français | sophistiqué |
| Deutsch | hochentwickelt, raffiniert, ausgeklügelt |
| Italiano | sofisticato |
| Ελληνικά | σύνθετος sýnthetos, πολύπλοκος polýplokos |
| Română | sofisticat, complicat |
| Русский | сло́жный slóžnyj, мудрёный mudrjónyj, замыслова́тый zamyslovátyj |
| עברית | מתוחכם / מְתֻחְכָּם m'tukhkám |
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title = {sophisticated},
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