(n.) The act of sophisticating; adulteration; as, the sophistication of drugs.

accomplishments acquired taste acquisition of knowledge acquisitions apparent soundness appreciation of excellence attainments awareness background blaseness casuistry choiceness circularity civilized taste civilizedness complexity cosmopolitanism cultivated taste cultivation culture daintiness delicacy discernment discrimination disingenuousness distortion edification education elegance enlightenment equivocalness equivocation evasive reasoning excellence experience fallaciousness fallacy fastidiousness finesse good taste grace gracefulness gracility graciosity graciousness illumination insincerity instruction intricacy jesuitism jesuitry knowledge knowledgeability learning liberal education misapplication mystification niceness nicety obfuscation obscurantism oversubtlety past experience perversion philosophism plausibility plausibleness poise polish practical knowledge practice quality rationalization refinement sagacity savoir faire seasoning sophism sophistical reasoning sophistry special pleading speciosity specious reasoning speciousness store of knowledge style subtlety taste tastefulness tempering uncullibility undeceivability ungullibility unhoaxability unseduceability urbanity vicious circle vicious reasoning worldliness worldly wisdom