different between sophistry vs sophisticated

English

Etymology

From Old French sophistrie, from Latin sophista, from Ancient Greek ???????? (sophist?s, “wise man”), from ?????? (sophíz?, “I am wise”), from ????? (sophós, “wise”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?.f?.st?i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?.f?.st?i/

Noun

sophistry (countable and uncountable, plural sophistries)

1. (uncountable) Cunning, sometimes manifested as trickery.
   • "Such conduct is at any rate not sophistical, if Aristotle be right in describing sophistry as the art of making money." 1844 - Søren Kierkegaard in Philosophical Fragments (Philosophiske Smuler eller En Smule Philosophi)
2. (uncountable) The art of using deceptive speech or writing.
3. (countable) An argument that seems plausible, but is fallacious or misleading, especially one devised deliberately to be so.

Related terms

• Sophia
• sophism
• sophist
• sophistication

Translations

See also

• demagogy
• rhetoric

English

Etymology

First English usage circa 1601. From Medieval Latin sophisticatus.

Adjective

sophisticated (comparative more sophisticated, superlative most sophisticated)

1. Having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan.
2. Elegant, refined.
3. Complicated, especially of complex technology.
4. Appealing to the tastes of an intellectual; cerebral.
5. (obsolete, Britain) Dishonest or misleading.
6. (obsolete, Britain) Impure; adulterated.

Synonyms

• (having obtained worldly experience): worldly
• (elegant, refined): refined

Antonyms

• (having obtained worldly experience): provincial

Related terms

• sophisticate
• sophist
• sophistry
• philosophy

Translations

Verb

sophisticated

1. simple past tense and past participle of sophisticate

References

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition 1997