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noun ADJ. considerable, great | growing, increased, increasing | cool | political, technical, technological VERB + SOPHISTICATION have The decor has a cool sophistication. | lack PREP. with ~ He writes with increasing sophistication on the subject. PHRASES an air of sophistication Despite her scruffy clothes, there was an air of sophistication about her. | a degree/level of sophistication Computers raised the level of sophistication of these maps. | a lack of sophistication He felt people were contemptuous of his lack of sophistication. | a veneer of sophistication She adopted an upper-class accent to give herself a veneer of sophistication.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary