(n) being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject, Example:understanding affine transformations requires considerable mathematical sophistication
(n) the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment, Syn. worldliness, mundanity, mundaneness, Ant. naivete
[だて(P);ダテ, date (P); date] (n, adj-na) (1) elegance; dandyism; sophistication; having style; (2) affectation; showing off; putting on an air; appearances; just for show; (P)#3816
[ひとずれ, hitozure] (n, adj-no) (1) sophistication; wordly wisdom; (vs) (2) to lose one's innocence; to get sophisticated; to get to know the world by being in contact with people; to lose one's naivete