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sophistication

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of sophistication

the state or quality of having many interrelated parts or aspects

  • the engineʼs sophistication requires that all repairs be done by an experienced mechanic
Synonyms of sophistication

complexity, complexness, complicacy, complicatedness, complication, elaborateness, intricacy, intricateness, involution, knottiness
Words Related to sophistication

diversity, heterogeneity, heterogeneousness, multifariousness

impenetrability, incomprehensibility, inexplicability
Near Antonyms of sophistication

simplification

homogeneity, uniformity
Antonyms of sophistication

plainness, simpleness, simplicity

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