sophistication

Komplexität, Ausgereiftheit

Grad, in dem etwas viele sorgfältig entwickelte Bestandteile hat oder fortschrittliche Methoden nutzt.

In einfachem Englisch: The degree to which something has many carefully developed parts or uses advanced methods.

• The system’s sophistication surprised us.
• These attacks show increasing technical sophistication.
• We underestimated the sophistication of the criminal network.

Synonyme: complexity

Gegenteile: simplicity

Häufige Wendungen: technical sophistication, growing sophistication, sophistication of something

Sophisterei

Gedankengang, der klug wirkt, aber irreführende Argumente verwendet.

In einfachem Englisch: Reasoning that seems clever but uses misleading arguments.

• His speech relied on sophistication.
• She challenged the sophistication in his argument.
• The writer used sophistication to make a false claim seem reasonable.

Synonyme: sophistry

Häufige Wendungen: logical sophistication, sophistication of arguments