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1: deprived of native or original simplicity: as a: highly complicated or developed : complex <sophisticated electronic devices> b: having a refined knowledge of the ways of the world cultivated especially through wide experience <a sophisticated lady> 2: devoid of grossness: as a: finely experienced and aware <a sophisticated columnist> b: intellectually appealing <a sophisticated novel>
— so·phis·ti·cat·ed·ly adverb
synonyms sophisticated
, worldly-wise
, blasé mean experienced in the ways of the world. sophisticated often implies refinement, urbanity, cleverness, and cultivation <guests at her salon were usually rich and sophisticated>. worldly-wise suggests a close and practical knowledge of the affairs and manners of society and an inclination toward materialism <a worldly-wise woman with a philosophy of personal independence>. blasé implies a lack of responsiveness to common joys as a result of a real or affected surfeit of experience and cultivation <blasé travelers who claimed to have been everywhere>.
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