nnoun.cognitionuplifting enlightenmentSynset:edification
Derivationally Related Form:edify
Hypernyms:enlightenment
Inherited Hypernyms:edificationenlightenmenteducationcontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:disenchantmentdisillusiondisillusionment
Full Hyponyms:disenchantment
nnoun.cognitiona deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someoneSynset:sophism sophistry
Derivationally Related Form:sophistsophisticatesophistic
Hypernyms:fallacy false belief
Inherited Hypernyms:sophismfallacymisconceptionideacontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.cognitionbeing expert or having knowledge of some technical subjectExamples:- understanding affine transformations requires considerable mathematical sophistication
Derivationally Related Form:sophisticate
Hypernyms:expertise expertness
Inherited Hypernyms:sophisticationexpertnessskillfulnessstateattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.attributethe quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionmentSynset:mundaneness mundanity worldliness
Antonyms:naivete
Derivationally Related Form:mundanesophisticateworldly
Hypernyms:quality
Inherited Hypernyms:sophisticationqualityattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.actfalsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallaciesExamples:- he practiced the art of sophistication upon reason
Derivationally Related Form:sophisticate
Hypernyms:falsehood falsification
Inherited Hypernyms:sophisticationfalsificationdishonestywrongdoingactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity