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Polluted cities - i.e. Beijing Beijing hit 755 on the air quality index, that place has hella sophistication.
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-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 |
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