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Sophistication

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

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Disenchantment 76% connected

The act of disenchanting, or state of being disenchanted.

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Disillusion 76% connected

The act or process of freeing from an illusion, or the state of being freed therefrom.

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Disillusionment 76% connected

The act of freeing from an illusion, or the state of being freed therefrom.

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Enlightenment 76% connected

Act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.

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Expertness 76% connected

Skill derived from practice; readiness; as, expertness in seamanship, or in reasoning.

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Fallacy 76% connected

Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception.

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Falsehood 76% connected

Want of truth or accuracy; an untrue assertion or representation; error; misrepresentation; falsity.

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Falsification 76% connected

The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.

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Quality 76% connected

The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

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Mundane 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the world; worldly; earthly; terrestrial; as, the mundane sphere.

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Mundane 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the world; worldly; earthly; terrestrial; as, the mundane sphere.

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Pervert 74% connected

To turnanother way; to divert.

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Pervert 74% connected

To turnanother way; to divert.

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Sophisticate 74% connected

To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine.

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Sophisticate 74% connected

To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine.

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Edification 92% connected

The act of edifying, or the state of being edified; a building up, especially in a moral or spiritual sense; moral, intellectual, or spiritual improv…

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Mundanity 92% connected

Worldliness.

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Sophism 92% connected

The doctrine or mode of reasoning practiced by a sophist; hence, any fallacy designed to deceive.

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Sophistry 92% connected

The art or process of reasoning; logic.

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Worldliness 92% connected

The quality of being worldly; a predominant passion for obtaining the good things of this life; covetousness; addictedness to gain and temporal enjoy…

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