[n] falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies; "he practiced the art of sophistication upon reason"
[n] the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated through cultivation or experience or disillusionment
[n] being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject; "understanding affine transformations requires considerable mathematical sophistication"
[n] a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
[n] uplifting enlightenment