Associations to the word «Sophisticated»

Wiktionary

SOPHISTICATED, adjective. Having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan.
SOPHISTICATED, adjective. Elegant, refined.
SOPHISTICATED, adjective. Complicated, especially of complex technology.
SOPHISTICATED, adjective. Appealing to the tastes of an intellectual; cerebral.
SOPHISTICATED, adjective. (obsolete) (UK) Dishonest or misleading.
SOPHISTICATED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of sophisticate
SOPHISTICATED FALSIFICATIONISM, noun. A form of falsificationism in which claims are evaluated statistically, as opposed to naive falsificationism, which takes an absolutist perspective.

Dictionary definition

SOPHISTICATED, adjective. Having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire; "sophisticated young socialites"; "a sophisticated audience"; "a sophisticated lifestyle"; "a sophisticated book".
SOPHISTICATED, adjective. Ahead in development; complex or intricate; "advanced technology"; "a sophisticated electronic control system".
SOPHISTICATED, adjective. Intellectually appealing; "a sophisticated drama".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope