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TIL. I was quite surprised that sophistication used to mean deceptive/misleading behavior. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophistication https://en.wikipedia.or
by fouc 6y ago
TIL. I was quite surprised that sophistication used to mean deceptive/misleading behavior.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophistication https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophistication
- thaumasiotes 6y ago"Sophistry" still does. "Silly" is the standard example of semantic shift over what people generally perceive to be a pretty extreme distance: https://www.etymonline.com/word/silly https://www.etymonline.com/word/silly