Noun
The act of sophisticating; adulteration; as, the sophistication of drugs.
Source: Webster's dictionarySimplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Leonardo da Vinci
Hip is the sophistication of the wise primitive in a giant jungle. Norman Mailer
Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the presence of a formidable menace to one's poise and prestige (such as the butler, or the man under the bed - but never the husband). James Thurber
That afternoon I came to understand that one of the deepest purposes of intellectual sophistication is to provide distance between us and our most disturbing personal truths and gnawing fears. Richard Russo
I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence. Christopher Hampton
The true face of smoking is disease, death and horror - not the glamour and sophistication the pushers in the tobacco industry try to portray. David Byrne