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sophistication 

-sophisticated character, ideas, tastes, or ways as the result of education, worldly experience, etc.: the sophistication of the wealthy.

-change from the natural character or simplicity, or the resulting condition.

-complexity, as in design or organization.

-impairment or debasement, as of purity or genuineness.

-the use of sophistry; a sophism, quibble, or fallacious argument.

(Antonym -simplicity )
Quotes:

"I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence." - Christopher Hampton

"Hip is the sophistication of the wise primitive in a giant jungle." - Norman Mailer

"Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the presence of a formidable menace to one's poise and prestige (such as the butler, or the man under the bed -- but never the husband)." - James Thurber
sophistication by MissMia January 3, 2010

urban sophistication 

describes a ghetto person who creates a word in order to sound more worldly or educated.
"the crocodile hunter was friendly as well as informational"-Katt Williams

the word "informational" in this phrase is an example of urban sophistication
urban sophistication by Joey Lamb January 11, 2008

sophistication 

Beijing hit 755 on the air quality index, that place has hella sophistication.
sophistication by baller6969 January 16, 2013

Sophistication 

Definition for today's 21st century America to describe someone with class, manners, refinement, courtesy, and common decency. In other words, a snob or shitbird. In the movie Idiocracy, someone with those traits was "faggy".
Sophistication

Urban Sophistication 

When a person of low intelligence attempts to use a large or impressive word but the word they use is not in existence. These can usually be heard on reality shows featuring low class individuals that most likely attended public school.
"The chef was yelling at me and I got flustrated." -Hells Kitchen Contestant

Flustrated is a combination of flustered and frustrated. This is an example of urban sophistication

"These dresses are horocious" -Bridezillas

Horocious is a combination of horrific and atrocious. Another example of urban sophistication