Definition of "Sophistication" :

noun: falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies

"He practiced the art of sophistication upon reason."

noun: the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment

noun: being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject

"Understanding affine transformations requires considerable mathematical sophistication."

noun: a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone

noun: uplifting enlightenment