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• blattimwind 8y ago
  Typically, different words refer to different things. Most often, words considered synonyms actually refer to slightly different things.
• lucideer 8y ago
  From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophistication https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophistication > Sophistication has come to mean a few things, but its original definition was "to denature, or simplify". Today it is common as a measure of refinement So no, it can in many cases even be the precise opposite of complexity. It actually originally comes from "sophistry", which is an ancient greek discipline of wisdom and excellence. I would generally associate the word with a high level of complexity that has been expertly reduced and refined to an elegant quality.
  • danielroe 8y ago
    The sophists, as you say, were ancient Greek teachers. But sophistry now means something rather different: using subtle, specious reasoning to deceive.