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refinement
Synonyms and Antonyms of refinement
1
an instance of notable progress in the development of knowledge, technology, or skill
amelioration, boost, heightening, increase, melioration, strengthening, upgrade, uplift, upswing, uptrend, upturn
betterment, development, elaboration, evolution, expansion, gestation, growth, maturation, perfection, ripening
civilization, edification, education, enlightenment
hindrance, impediment, stumbling block
decadence, decay, declension, decline, decrease, degeneration, descent, deterioration, diminishment, downgrade, ebbing, failing, flagging, languishment, lapse, lessening, reduction, sinking, slowing, weakening, worsening
detriment, disablement, drawback, glitch, impairment, shortcoming
2
a high level of taste and enlightenment as a result of extensive intellectual training and exposure to the arts
3
dignified or restrained beauty of form, appearance, or style
augustness, brilliance, gloriousness, glory, grandeur, grandness, lavishness, luxuriance, luxuriousness, luxury, magnificence, nobility, nobleness, opulence, ornateness, plushiness, plushness, resplendence, resplendency, richness, splendor, sumptuousness
artfulness, chic, polish, sophistication, taste, tastefulness
choiceness, classicism, dignity, exquisiteness, restraint, simplicity
affectedness, grandiosity, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pretentiousness, showiness
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